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March 13, 2004
U.N. Censures Iran Over Nukes
The U.N. atomic agency reached agreement Saturday on how harshly to censure Iran for its spotty record of revealing suspect nuclear activities at a session overshadowed by Tehran's decision to put nuclear inspections on hold for six weeks.

Iran's decision to suspend inspections, announced Friday, heightened tensions at a board of governors' meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Members have been debating for days how to censure Iran over its failure to declare all its nuclear secrets.

A group of 13 developing nations wanted to lighten the tone of the Iran resolution, while the United States and other Western nations that insist Tehran was interested in making nuclear arms had been pushing for harsher language
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Recent discoveries of equipment used to enrich uranium is cited as the reason for the censure.

Iran's nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani said the resoultion was unfair and will protests the passage by not letting inspectors, who were set to arrive today, into Iran.

``It's our legitimate right to enrich uranium,'' Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi told reporters after a Cabinet meeting in Tehran.

Posted by Michele at March 13, 2004 11:39 AM | TrackBack
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Iran is just going to keep playing games and keep building the bomb.. The Europeans should realize that their best position is to side with the United States on this and stop keeping the regime alive.. Because - ultimately the regime will fall, and if the Europeans, in the eyes of the Iranian people and future Iranian government, are viewed as supporting the regime unconditionally all the way up to it's downfall - this will really hurt any business relations between Europe and the future Iran.. However, if the Europeans switch immideately to "right side" and demand the regime step down and listen to the Iranian people, etc.. and Europeans are honest about - it will be in Europes best interest in the long run.. Europe and US should stop quibbling over issues and Europe especially in this case should see that theUS policy is correct - and side with us.. Otherwise Europes going to be left behind ultimately - especially with China, India and a few others out there..

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Posted by: ActivistChat.com at March 13, 2004 12:12 PM

Iran will sing a different tune beginning the day after the US Presidential elections.

If Bush is re-elected, then the United States will disarm Iran and impose regime change, assuming the Iranian people haven't already done so. If Kerry is elected, then Israel will disarm Iran.

Either way the Mullah's time is nearly over.

It's almost like hearing ghosts talk.

Posted by: jeffers at March 13, 2004 12:18 PM

One last chance for the IAEA and the UN to prove that they might be worth preserving.

Posted by: bb at March 13, 2004 04:54 PM

Forget it. The IAEA has been a group
of TOTALLY INCOMPETENT fools for
30 years.

Hans Blix headed the agency when
North Korea said "Screw you, World!

That is one of the things that should
cause him to be inprisoned for Life.

Posted by: leaddog2 at March 13, 2004 04:59 PM

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