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Iran proceeds with its nuclear ambition under the noses of UN and USA

7/18/2009 | Posted by mesiamd | Edit Post

The problematic handling of Iran to deter nuclear proliferation has emboldened the Islamic country to proceed with its often-denied plan to produce an atomic bomb. The Ayatollah-led regime tries to stop the UN nuclear agency from increasing its monitoring of its nuclear program.

Reported by AP, according to diplomats, Iran has the potential of testing a bomb in six months---far earlier than what was thought. They say the Islamic country has produced substantial fissile material, about 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs) of low enriched weapons-grade uranium, giving them the capacity to test a bomb similar to what the North Koreans did in their underground test in 2006.

‘International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed Elbaradei has repeatedly warned that his agency cannot guarantee that Iran is not hiding nuclear activities. Iranian nuclear expert David Albright on Friday put the chances that such a secret site exists at "50-50." “---AP (07/17/09, Jahn, G.)

With Iran’s objection, the UN is asking for a step-up surveillance to determining what is truly occurring in Natanz, the site of where expanded uranium enrichment has been going on. As Iran tackles opposition from the homegrown reformist movement, the invitation of Hillary Clinton for the country to go in the negotiation table remains unheeded.

In the meantime, gas-bag Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently appointed Ali Akbar Salehi, a U.S.-educated physicist with a doctorate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to replace resigned Gholam Reza Aghazadeh as the new vice president and the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

The turbulence in Iran after the reelection of Ahmadinejad continued. On a Friday prayer session this week, tens and thousands of Iranians braved the streets to air their opposition to the rigging of the election and the way the theocratic regime had ruled the Muslim state. (Photo Credit: PBS.org) =0=

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Labels: atomic bomb, Hillary Clinton, IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran, Islam, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mohamed Elbaradei, Muslim, Natanz, nuclear hazard, nuclear weapons, Totie Mesia

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