Iran FM : No country has right to ask Iran to halt enrichment

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No country has right to ask Iran to halt enrichment: Salehi
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Jan. 30 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said that no one has the right to ask Iran to halt the uranium enrichment component of its nuclear program.

Salehi made the remarks at a news conference on Sunday on the sidelines of an African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa when asked whether or not Iran would halt its nuclear enrichment activities if the West offers incentives.

“We have the legal right to uranium enrichment, and we pursue it according to the NPT (nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty). No one has the right to ask us to halt uranium enrichment,” Salehi stated.

Asked if the visit by International Atomic Energy Agency delegation that arrived in Tehran on Sunday sends a message to the West, Salehi said, “Iran has always fulfilled its commitments to the NPT, and we have nothing to hide. Iran has already answered the agency’s questions.”

Syria must be given enough time to implement reforms

In reply to a question about Tehran’s stance toward the developments occurring in Syria, the Iranian foreign minister said, “Our stance in this regard is completely transparent and clear, and we have always mentioned it. (Syrian President) Bashar al-Assad has promised to hold a referendum on the constitution” and to allow different political parties to carry out their activities in the country freely.

“However, the question is why certain countries are trying to prevent the implementation of the reforms and do not give them (the Syrian officials) enough time,” he added.

Salehi also said, “We should give Syria time to carry out reforms by itself. If an unexpected incident takes place in Syria, no one can predict its repercussions. Such an incident may create conflicts among the people. We should give the Syrian people and government time to implement the reforms themselves.”

Iran is not Iraq

Asked whether or not Iran is concerned that it may experience the same fate as Iraq, he stated, “Iran is a powerful country and is very different from Iraq. Other sides are aware of this issue. If they had been able to (attack Iran), they would have already done so.”

Iran oil embargo not a great problem

The foreign minister also answered a question about Iran’s plans to deal with the recent sanctions on its oil industry, saying that the Islamic Republic has many customers for its oil and the oil embargo is not a “great problem” for the country.

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[Android]

if this process don't violate npt and if they allow IAEA to inspect their nuclear plants i dont see any reasons why other countries should have problem with iran with regard to this issue

 

[Harry_Thomason]

if this process don't violate npt and if they allow IAEA to inspect their nuclear plants i dont see any reasons why other countries should have problem with iran with regard to this issue

They shouldnt, but they have, its because nuclear energy isnt a problem, its a pretext. If it wouldnt be nuclear issue, it would be human rights, "uprising" or whatever - the goal for the West is to change Iran's government to puppets, like it was in Shah's days.

 

[gambit]

if this process don't violate npt and if they allow IAEA to inspect their nuclear plants i dont see any reasons why other countries should have problem with iran with regard to this issue

The issue is not enrichment but enrichment LEVEL. Electricity generation does not require enrichment level above 10%. This is publicly available information. But when any NPT signatory enriches above 10% without any credible technical justifications, then people will be suspicious.

 

[Hack-Hook]

The issue is not enrichment but enrichment LEVEL. Electricity generation does not require enrichment level above 10%. This is publicly available information. But when any NPT signatory enriches above 10% without any credible technical justifications, then people will be suspicious.

well Iran have all the justification for enriching up to 20% as that's the minimum
level of enriched uranium that Tehran research reactor needs to work and before
you say something let me say you this that planet work optimally with weapon
grade uranium and the 20% is absolute minimum needed . and before the
revolution it was USA itself that provided the uranium after that when against all
international rules USA stopped provided the needed fuel Argentina provided us
with the 20% fuel and now when you put those sanctions so even Argentina can't
provide the fuel we are making it ourselves .
so if you have any complain send it to white house because it was you who gave
us the reactor and it was you who stopped shipping the fuel for it and then it was
you who made it impossible for others to ship the fuel for us

 

[nirreich]

well Iran have all the justification for enriching up to 20% as that's the minimum
level of enriched uranium that Tehran research reactor needs to work and before
you say something let me say you this that planet work optimally with weapon
grade uranium and the 20% is absolute minimum needed . and before the
revolution it was USA itself that provided the uranium after that when against all
international rules USA stopped provided the needed fuel Argentina provided us
with the 20% fuel and now when you put those sanctions so even Argentina can't
provide the fuel we are making it ourselves .
so if you have any complain send it to white house because it was you who gave
us the reactor and it was you who stopped shipping the fuel for it and then it was
you who made it impossible for others to ship the fuel for us

20% enriched uranium can easily be enriched to weapon grade level of 90%.

Iran lied again and again to IAEA and to the international community and developed a clandestine nuclear programme in clear violation of its commitments to the NPT. There is no reason to trust them any more, so Iran should be punished and the international pressure should be on Iran to stop its uranium enrichment completely. In any future arrangement regarding its nuclear programmes Iran could receive nuclear fuel from external resources under IAEA supervision, like its deal with Russia for the supply of nuclear fuel for the Busher reactor.

Iran just follow the footsteps of North Korea which also lied and cheat and deceived the world with its declarations that it only wants a "peaceful" nuclear programme because of its energy needs - today North Korea is a nuclear weapons state!

 

[Birbal]

20% enriched uranium can easily be enriched to weapon grade level of 90%.

No. Just no.

 

[nirreich]

No. Just no.

Same technical process, only a question of time.

 

[Birbal]

Same technical process, only a question of time.

You need to add several more cascades of centrifuges which while technically straightforward is not something you can do without considerable effort.

Besides, even having weapons grade uranium is far from having a nuclear bomb...

 

[nirreich]

You need to add several more cascades of centrifuges which while technically straightforward is not something you can do without considerable effort.

Besides, even having weapons grade uranium is far from having a nuclear bomb...

Iran already master the enrichment process and has enough operating cascades. Furthermore, IAEA presented enough evidence that Iran is already working on the other aspects of developing nuclear weapons.

 

[Harry_Thomason]

Iran already master the enrichment process and has enough operating cascades. Furthermore, IAEA presented enough evidence that Iran is already working on the other aspects of developing nuclear weapons.

What evidence? There wasnt any, just allegations.

 

[Birbal]

Iran already master the enrichment process and has enough operating cascades. Furthermore, IAEA presented enough evidence that Iran is already working on the other aspects of developing nuclear weapons.

Evidence? You mean claims that an unnamed intelligence agency told them that Iran ran a computer simulation?

Face it, this evidence is far flimsier than the evidence that Iraq had WMDs, and we know how that turned out...

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Iran just follow the footsteps of North Korea which also lied and cheat and deceived the world with its declarations that it only wants a "peaceful" nuclear programme because of its energy needs - today North Korea is a nuclear weapons state!

And the USA forgot all about North Korea after they went nuclear, and didn't do anything even after North Korea repeatedly and lethally attacked close American allies.

What kind of message do you think that sends to the world? That the USA will only threaten you until you acquire nuclear weapons?

 

[nirreich]

Evidence? You mean claims that an unnamed intelligence agency told them that Iran ran a computer simulation?

Face it, this evidence is far flimsier than the evidence that Iraq had WMDs, and we know how that turned out...

Read the last IAEA report. Do not claim to be surprise that Iran is aspiring to have nuclear weapons, why this idea is so shocking for you?

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Yet the USA forgot all about North Korea after they went nuclear, and didn't do anything even after North Korea repeatedly and lethally attacked close American allies.

What kind of message do you think that sends to the world? That the USA will only threaten you until you acquire nuclear weapons?

So, you think that the US should attack NK? BTW: the US did not attack NK even before it has nuclear weapons, and PRC has a heavy share of the blame for NK being a nuclear weapons state.

 

[Birbal]

Read the last IAEA report. Do not claim to be surprise that Iran is aspiring to have nuclear weapons, why this idea is so shocking for you?

I did read the last IAEA report. And I don't know what you're trying to say in your second sentence, as it does not make sense grammatically.