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Iran stokes nuclear fire

"If the international community will stand together and bring pressure on the Iranian government, I believe there is still time for sanctions and pressure to work. But we must all work together."

Iranian analyst, Mohammad Saleh Sedghian, said Ahmadinejad's comments were an attempt to pressure Washington.

"Ahmadinejad wants to put pressure on the West, especially the US. He was responding to those in the West who do not want Iran to strike a deal," he told AFP.

"I think that Iran prefers a swap deal over the option of producing the fuel" of 20 percent enriched uranium, Sedghian added.

World powers fear Tehran wants to enrich uranium to very high levels for use in an atomic weapons programme and hence want to take out its low-enriched uranium (LEU) through the U.N.-drafted deal.

Iran insists its nuclear enrichment drive is purely for peaceful purposes.

Iran and world powers are locked in a stalemate over the U.N.-drafted deal, which envisages the Islamic republic's 3.5 percent LEU being sent to Russia and France for enrichment to 20 percent and then returned as fuel for the Tehran reactor.

Ahmadinejad insisted that world powers "unconditionally" accept exchanging Iran's LEU for high purity 20 percent enriched uranium to be used as nuclear fuel for the Tehran reactor, which makes medical isotopes.

Ahmadinejad's statement comes just days after he indicated in an interview on state television last Tuesday that Iran was ready to send its LEU abroad for conversion into 20 percent nuclear fuel.

Iranian officials have opposed the UN-brokered proposal, saying they would prefer a simultaneous exchange on Iranian soil, a plan rejected by world powers.

Ahmadinejad said Sunday that if the world powers "come forward and say 'we will exchange (uranium) unconditionally and cooperate on your reactors and medicine'... fine then we will cooperate" too.

Salehi too emphasised that world powers have little time left to enter into a fuel deal with Iran.

"If they do not enter this fuel exchange we have to be ready for 20 percent enrichment," Fars quoted him as saying.

Comments
February 8, 2010    billychowdhury@
Iran must need nuclear weapon to protect its vast land and the course of its scientific advancement. Russia may betray with Iran as they did not delivery S300 missile to Iran where smart Iran developed stronger than S300.

As China one of world's oldest civilized nations knows how to evaluate other civilized nation like Iran and accordingly it stood by Iran. But Smart China must not be exploited by the west’s suspicious temporary offer regarding Taiwan arm sale or other if China really want to rule the world then China must stand by Iran and China must consider Iran is a magnet for the entire Muslim world.

Iran and China , these two oldest civilized nation can provide a gift for the mankind . China must warn the west by stating that Iran is a heart of China and no one even dream to strike on China's heart Iran.

If China and Iran get together militarily, economically, politically and scientifically then it is very easy to rule the world and, now China's undisputed weapon is not China's nuclear weapon but Iran. Therefore, China must not pay attention or should not use Iran as a bargaining chip for its temporary interest by the west's any request. Then China will continue to harvesting Muslim world's honey for whole life in front of the selfish west.
February 9, 2010    tsu4ever@
FULL of BS!!!
February 9, 2010    ilovebeer@
billychowdhury@ wrote:
Iran must need nuclear weapon to protect its vast land and the course of its scientific advancement. Russia may betray with Iran as they did not delivery S300 missile to Iran where smart Iran developed stronger than S300.

As China one of world's oldest civilized nations knows how to evaluate other civilized nation like Iran and accordingly it stood by Iran. But Smart China must not be exploited by the west’s suspicious temporary offer regarding Taiwan arm sale or other if China really want to rule the world then China must stand by Iran and China must consider Iran is a magnet for the entire Muslim world.

Iran and China , these two oldest civilized nation can provide a gift for the mankind . China must warn the west by stating that Iran is a heart of China and no one even dream to strike on China's heart Iran.

If China and Iran get together militarily, economically, politically and scientifically then it is very easy to rule the world and, now China's undisputed weapon is not China's nuclear weapon but Iran. Therefore, China must not pay attention or should not use Iran as a bargaining chip for its temporary interest by the west's any request. Then China will continue to harvesting Muslim world's honey for whole life in front of the selfish west.
WTF. Your OCTETTE is the best of the best I've ever read in Taiwan China Post.
February 10, 2010    spazhed@
spazhed will rule
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