How Iran Is Advancing Its Nuclear Program

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Nuclear Fuel Cycle: consortium to operate Iranian nuclear enrichment
The whole issue of conflict with Iran is about control of the sources of energy, oil and nuclear fuel. The efforts to monopolize nuclear fuel production started in 1978, when the Nuclear Suppliers Group tried to impose restrictions on the right of developing countries to enrich their own uranium, a right. Since Article IV of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ensures access to peaceful uses of nuclear technology for non-nuclear weapon states, the technology for uranium enrichment must be permitted to all states under the current nonproliferation regime. Countries like Iran therefore, are permitted to develop their own enrichment technology for peaceful nuclear energy production.
The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) is a USA initiative. GNEP monopolizes nuclear fuel production and waste management infrastructure.
Global Nuclear Power Infrastructure (GNPI) is a Russian initiative.
Russia will retain exclusive control of all sensitive enrichment technology.
Both GNEP and GNPI monopolize production of nuclear fuel. Any nation who would have nuclear reactor but can not control the supplier of nuclear fuel is not an independent nation. The case of Iran and Russia as supplier of the fuel demonstrates my argument. The Iranian problem for receiving from Russia fuel for Bushehr, Iran Nuclear Reactor was co-opted by the USA forcing Iran to initiate her own fuel production.
Iran has argued for an international nuclear fuel consortium to operate Iranian nuclear enrichment. Iranians assert that this international cooperative arrangement and IAEA oversight together will eliminate USA fear that Iran is attempting to use the technology to develop nuclear weapon.
Unless we are monopolizing nuclear fuel production and restrict energy-independence of nations such as India and Iran, we should allow an international nuclear fuel consortium to operate Iranian nuclear enrichment.

Saint Michael Traveler of CA 4:50PM September 21, 2008

I want somebody to tell me who gave the americans the authority to posses Atomic Bombs and not any other nation? And also I would like to know why Israel is not a signatory to the IAEA rules?
Pls remember that it is only the Proud who hate to see Pride in others.
America is not a world policeman and instead of preaching to others about the dangers og atomic bombs in the hands of Iran or N. Korea, let them remember who was the first to use them on this planet.
N.Korea and Iran... go 4 the bomb at full blast and put the fear in the hearts of the yankees.

Said Ali 3:38AM September 20, 2008

Judeofascist Israel, being of negative net military and economic value to America, England, France, Russia, and China risks surprise retaliatory nuclear annihilation by Russia and China, if it initiates total war on any of its wealthy Middle Eastern neighbors, such as Iran, who are immensely valuable for their cultural contributions and great wealth in oil. And, by popular agreement of the United Nations of the World, the World would be happier and safer with Israel transformed into star dust in Holocaust III.
Israel’s net negative value is derived from its arsenal of 150 nuclear missiles, and notorious Marxist practice of systematically inciting people to hate and kill one another, nationally and inter-nationally, over cunningly fabricated irreconcilable economic or religious differences. Familiar historical examples are the catastrophically disastrous Russian, German, and Spanish Marxist revolutions; and most recently, the American unprovoked illegal bombing and occupation of Iraq, which sacrificed over a trillion dollars and 4,000 lives for the sole benefit of Israel.
Now, Israel and its supporting Diaspora are notoriously engaged in fanatically desperate propaganda efforts to provoke total war between the patriotic Christian American and Muslim Iranian peoples. But they are failing to incite enough fear and hatred to start a war, because of increasingly popular recognition that they are the common enemy of Iran and these nuclear superpowers.
The Israeli People, from their long exposure to European democratic and Christian culture, know perfectly well the moral and ethical rules that they must inevitably follow to secure their own survival. Every injustice that they have committed against their neighbors, in killing innocent civilians and robbing them of their infrastructure and land, must be fully addressed with apologies and monetary compensation. All of the incessant wailing, ranting, propaganda, extortion, and bribery by the universally condemned People of Israel are to no avail. Inevitably, Nemesis shall have her just retribution upon Israel, dead or alive.

Jeugenen of MA 1:23PM September 18, 2008

Let them have their stupid bomb, they'll never use it anyway and Iran and Israel can have their own cold war for the next 50 years or so; It's good for business.
Not that it matters anyway, now that Russia is about to park a nuclear fleet in Syrian waters means that Israel ends up rather handicapped when it comes to a war with Russia long-time friend and ally Iran.
All of this of course puts Turkey into a bad situation, this member of NATO now finds itself with an angry bear on one side and a muslim sword on the other
Syria seems to be the big winner in all of this since Russian destroyers and cruisers parked near its shores make it immune from any agression.
Terrorism is bound to increase therefore since all the major players in the struggle against Israel just got much stronger.
Worst case scenario, I see events of an apocalyptic nature taking place between now and january.
Best case scenario, just a few million dead

Donulvi Dolam 3:06PM September 17, 2008

They are doing it by financing terrorists in Afganistan, Iraq, and Pakistan. Keeping you Yanks busy enough so they can continue there hell bent mission on distroying the "big satan" and "little satan." When will the burecratics end really? This is a serious matter for not only the United States and Isreal but the EU. I can't say I really know anything because I am not privy to all the facts but when you look at the Painting it is not looking good. If President Bush hasn't attacked because he is tied up elswhere, I quess it is only time before the IDF does. The question really is do you trust the Iran's leaders. Their special forces have just been placed in Command of the Striaght. Whas it 80% or 70% of the worlds or middle eastern oil? Well anyway my American Cousins I hope you know what you are doing this time when it comes to the middle east.

Brent Crocker 1:03PM September 17, 2008

Using sam's logic we should have gotten rid of our nuclear weapons so the USSR would not have felt threatend. This logic is void of a proper view of reality.
To say that Israel "occupies their land by military force" as some sort of inditment against them is yet one more example of a refusal to participat in reality. Of course they occupy there land by military force, we do too! EVERY nation does!

Greg of GA 9:07AM September 17, 2008

The notion that Israel's threat to its neighbors is the root cause of this problem ignors the fact that its neighbors have threatened Israel's destruction from day 1 of its existence. If Israel didn't have a convincing deterrent, it would have been wiped out years ago.

Richard W. Small of FL 11:39PM September 16, 2008