Iran Denies Access to Most Experienced Inspectors
- Posted on September 6, 2010 at 11:21pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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The International Atomic Energy Agency, an arm of the United Nations, reported Monday that Iran has refused to cooperate fully with inspectors trying to determine the purpose of the country’s nuclear energy program.
Citing the agency’s findings, the New York Times reports that Iran has refused access to two of the agency’s most experienced inspectors, and has also refused to answer questions “about the possible existence in Iran of past or current undisclosed nuclear-related activities involving military-related organizations, including activities related to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile.”
The report comes after the United Nations declared in June another round of sanctions against Iran, the fourth such round declared by the U.N. against the country. Those new sanctions have been supported and touted as successful by the Obama administration.
But Iran’s response seems to suggest otherwise. Says the Times, Iran’s actions are “part of a longstanding pattern of reducing access in retaliation for United Nations action,“ and it ”has argued that it has the right to throw out inspectors it does not trust, and said in case after case that the agency … had ‘no legal basis’ to make its requests.” In June, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed the new sanctions as a “used handkerchief which should be thrown in the dustbin.”
That highlights a recurring critique of the United Nations: its decrees do not contain the necessary teeth to ensure compliance. Iran, then, continues to do what it wants, which may be forcing the administration to admit the obvious:
The Obama administration said the report demonstrated that Iran “continues its effort to expand its nuclear program and move closer to a nuclear weapons capability,” an acknowledgment that, at least so far, the sanctions have not forced Iran to change its direction.
But forcing Iran to change direction is of the utmost importance to countries worldwide. According to an in-depth article printed in the most recent version of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg explains that Israel is getting ready to attack Iran because nothing or no one has been able to confirm that Iran’s nuclear program is peaceful, and Iran scoffs at attempts by others to do so. Goldberg’s sources and investigation lead him to believe that a preemptive move by Israel aimed at preventing a nuclear attack by Iran is the only way to ensure security in the region.
And As Iran continues defiance, some words Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once told Goldberg could be a prophetic clue:
“You don’t want a messianic apocalyptic cult controlling atomic bombs,” he said. “When the wide-eyed believer gets hold of the reins of power and the weapons of mass death, then the world should start worrying, and that’s what is happening in Iran.”
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Pierce
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 9:27pmAnd this is surprising to who? These nuts are anti-Semites for Pete’s sake. They want a bomb. They want to kill Jews….. I’m not even a Psychic….. this one just can’t be a surprise to the world!
Report Post »robert5635
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 7:45pmAnybody want to bet the Four Horses of the Apocolypse are on their way? Israel strikes Iran, world turns against Israel, Obamination (has an ominous ring to it, doesn’t it)refuse to commit U.S. troops to aid Israel, and WWIII(or is it IV) starts and goes nuclear. Then is goodbye America. Course the upside is the 1,000 year reign of Jesus the Christ on earth, much to the chagrin of muslims.
Report Post »Southern_Patriot
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 7:42pmYou cannot bargain with that regime. They will ignore or break any agreement made and while everyone is wondering what to do, the bomb making will continue. What will everyone who presses for negotiations do when a city gets vaporized? Double their sanctions? A strongly worded letter of concern?
Report Post »missmarie
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 12:28pmFrom the Article:
“That highlights a recurring critique of the United Nations: its decrees do not contain the necessary teeth to ensure compliance. Iran, then, continues to do what it wants, which may be forcing the administration to admit the obvious:
The Obama administration said the report demonstrated that Iran “continues its effort to expand its nuclear program and move closer to a nuclear weapons capability,” an acknowledgment that, at least so far, the sanctions have not forced Iran to change its direction.”
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The United Nations is an experiment that failed a long time ago – let’s stop the lunacy and stop funding this group. That’s a big period!
Momma always said – “there are some people you just can’t reason with”. Can we please acknowledge President Mahmood Imanutjob is one of them and take the appropriate steps to protect ourselves and others?
I can’t pretend to have enough knowledge of our enemies or how to wage a war to be an armchair quarterback. However, I know a lot of men and women that have been trained to do this for a living and I trust them with my life! Let’s stop being politically correct when it comes to people that hate us and want to kill us simply for being Americans or Christians. Either be in the Middle East to make a real difference or get our kids out of there! That section of the country is filled with loons!
Report Post »warriorcop
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 9:37amAnd some think you can still deal with these people.
Report Post »79USMC83
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 7:50amSince 1979 the problem with RADICAL ISLAM has been about Iran. Oct.23,1989 241 Marines “The Peacekeepers” were blown up while they slept in Beirut, Lebanon by an IRAN back Hezbollah JIHADISTS. Hamas is another military unit of Iran. The Iraq invasion in 2003 was about WMD’s IRAN’S.IRAN’S IRAN’S. Now we have stood by and done nothing again!! It has a standing army and flaunts every new weapon it makes. IRAN wants Israel to attack to begin the “Holy War” it dreams of the 12th Imam returning. The one thing the leaders of the world do is let EVIL like the IRAN JIHADIST , Korea, the Japanese and the Hitler’s of the world have their time to build up militarily. Hitler Japan and Korea all struck out against their neighbors.
Report Post »missmarie
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 12:46pmYou remind me of my brother, a Marine for over 25 years. He indicated that the only way to uproot the evil in that territory would be to make a sandbox out of Iran. I recall debating his assessment with my limited knowledge of the history behind the Islamic movement. Now I know the full and true history, and the last time we spoke, I realized there are no logical counterpoints to make.
These people are crazy about wanting us dead. Not just silenced. Not just tucked away in some corner of the planet where we can live our lives that way we choose. They will not stop until we, the infidels are eliminated from existence. It’s a chilling reality, but it is real!
Report Post »79USMC83
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 6:55amThe “Speech Giver’s” Oval office speech was flat,unemotional and he looked like a ROBOT. Then when he is in front of his selected crowds he is cocky,arrogant and wants to be a comedian !!! In a mean way.
The first time America fought RADICAL ISLAMIC JIHADIST was in 1805 the Barbary Coast War.
In 1979 we had 52 hostage’s held for over a year by Iran.
Oct.23,1983 in Beirut ,Lebanon 241 Marines “ The Peacekeepers” were KIA as they slept by a Iran backed Hezbollah backed JIHADISTS.
Beirut Embassy Bombing
1993 first WTC bombing
USS Cole
Saudia Arabia Barracks bombing
Kenya Embassy bombing
Flight 103
SEPTEMBER 11,2001
Shoe bomber
NYC subway plot
Fort Hood JIHADIST shooting
NYC car bomb and many others not mentioned.
Or the ones that we do not know being plotted.
Iran is laughing at the west about making the BOMB!!!
Seems to me the JIHADIST are fighting an OPEN-ENDED WAR !!!
The “Speech Giver” is the most dangerous man to have in office during one of the most dangerous times in history!! The most important job of a American President is to be the Commander and Chief. To protect WE THE PEOPLE and not run around the country cracking jokes about opposition to the ONLY thing the man cares about HIMSELF and his HIDDEN AGENDA’S.
TERM LIMITS NOW !!
FAIR TAX NOW !!
DEATH TO JIHADISTS !
Report Post »iatoala
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 7:51amthe underwear bomber
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 4:47amIran said they want to wipe Israel off the face of the earth.
Iran believes before messiah comes, chaos in the world must first take place.
Most people believe Iran will use nukes if they get a chance.
read:
Ahmadinejad is reportedly tied to a radical Islamic society in Iran that believes man can hasten the appearance of the Mahdi (Islam’s messiah) by creating chaos in the world.
“Ahmadinejad has stated that this chaos must take place before the Mahdi can come on the scene.”
read more:
Report Post »http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/411301.aspx
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3327251,00.html
http://www.americanconservativedaily.com/2008/02/nuclear-messiah-iran-awaits-his-return/
Mr.Citrus
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 4:01amHaven’t we seen this before….
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 5:23amNo, watch how it progressively gets worse:
2003 June – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team arrives in Iran after reporting that Tehran has failed to meet its obligations under the NPT.
2003 November – IAEA passes resolution censuring Iran for its nuclear programme, but stopping short of recommending sanctions. An earlier IAEA report said Iran had been secretly enriching uranium and producing plutonium.
2003 December – Iran signs an agreement to allow tougher inspections of its nuclear facilities.
2004 March – IAEA adopts resolution condemning Iran for keeping some of its nuclear activities secret; the resolution stops short of threatening UN sanctions.
2004 June – IAEA report credits Iran with opening up its nuclear programme to inspections but says key issues remain unresolved.
2004 September – IAEA passes resolution calling on Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment programme. Iran rejects proposal claiming its programme is for peaceful purposes only.
2004 November – Iran agrees to suspend uranium enrichment programme in a deal with three European countries.
2005 August – IAEA adopts resolution urging Iran to halt work on processing uranium for enrichment. The move came after Tehran restarted uranium conversion.
2005 September – IAEA finds Iran in non-compliance with nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
2006 February – IAEA votes to report Iran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear activities. Iran removed IAEA seals from nuclear equipment in January and said it would resume fuel research.
2007 February – IAEA says Iran is continuing and expanding uranium enrichment in defiance of UN Security Council demands that it suspend these activities.
2007 March – Mohamed ElBaradei visits North Korea, saying the country is positive about rejoining the IAEA.
2007 April – IAEA says Iran has begun making nuclear fuel in its underground uranium enrichment plant and has started up more than 1,300 centrifuge machines.
2007 May – Mohamed ElBaradei says Iran could develop a nuclear weapon in three to eight years if it so chooses.
2007 July – IAEA inspectors verify shutdown of North Korea’s Yongbyon reactor.
2007 July – Iran allows IAEA inspectors to visit the Arak nuclear plant.
2007 October – Iran refuses to allow IAEA inspectors unlimited access to its nuclear sites.
2007 November – IAEA says Iran has supplied transparent data on its past nuclear activities but little information on its current work. US responds to IAEA report by vowing to push for further sanctions against Iran.
2008 January – Mohamed ElBaradei visits Tehran. Iran agrees to clarify all outstanding questions over its nuclear activities within a month.
2008 February – Multiple source documents submitted to IAEA suggest Iran may have continued secret work on nuclear weapons after 2003, the date US intelligence posited work may have ceased.
2008 May – IAEA says Iran withholding information on nuclear programme which remains “matter of serious concern”. It says Iran is operating 3,500 centrifuges that enrich uranium at its plant at Natanz.
2008 June – IAEA inspectors visit Syria to examine building attacked by Israel and subsequently demolished. The CIA says it was nuclear reactor under construction.
2009 September – Iran reveals that it has started work on building a second uranium enrichment plant, near Qom to the south of Tehran. It says the plant is open for IAEA inspection.
2009 October – IAEA brokers draft deal under which Iran is given option of sending its enriched uranium abroad to be turned into fuel.
2009 November – Iran refuses to accept international uranium enrichment offer. IAEA passes resolution condemning Iran for developing secret enrichment site and calls on it to freeze the project immediately. Iran responds defiantly, vowing to build 10 more enrichment plants.
2010 February – IAEA publishes new report raising serious concerns over Iran’s nuclear programme.
2010 March – IAEA head Yukiya Amano accuses Iran of refusing to cooperate.
2010 June – UN Security Council rejects Tehran’s proposed fuel swap deal and votes in favour of fourth round of sanctions against Iran.
2010 Sept 6 – IAEA, reported Monday that Iran has refused to cooperate fully with inspectors trying to determine the purpose of the country’s nuclear energy program.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2645741.stm
Report Post »Mr.Citrus
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 4:00amI think we have seen this before haven’t we……
Report Post »StupidWindmill
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:17amI don’t even know why this is a problem.
There are actually unstable countries out there with nuclear weapons already, why must Iran be the whipping boy?
Report Post »akw
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 4:29amIran is not a whipping boy – it is an unstable country governed by maniacal men who believe that Israel has no right to exist, that Jews are evil, and that they have a mandate from Allah to unite the entire Arab world under Islamic rule whether the rest of the Arab world wants to or not.
Report Post »TomBurpee
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 6:49amResearch is a powerful thing my friend look into President Mahmood Ahmadinejad’s quotes on the 12th Imam, or the Mahdi. I’m not sure why Iran is in the center of it all, I‘m not sure why we’re not lumping North Korea in there too, but either way.. President Ahmadinejad’s agenda revolves around the Mahdi.
Report Post »notimeforthis
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 10:41amDo your homework on Iran and you may change your mind. Go beyondthe last 5-7 years in your research. Become enlightened.
Report Post »Veritas
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 1:59amBe sure and join The Unofficial B-Cast Forum! http://bcast.eamped.com/ We have full forum discussion of all issues there!
Report Post »shorthorn
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 1:16amIran? Not cooperating with the UN???
Report Post »Now that IS news!
In other news, the sun came up this morning and Obama promised yet another in a neverending line of stimulus bills on the taxpayer’s dime. Now I remember why I don’t buy newspapers.
V-Forge
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 12:32amAt this point i don’t see that peace is possible with these people. They want a fight and are clearly offering to fight. They just offered $1000 reword for any killing of an American soldier. The nutless wonder in the white house will not even believe they mean what they say. Iran funds and rewards terror and the people of Iran need to be told that they need to take control of their government or they themselves will pay a horrible price. Hundreds of thousands died in the firebombings of japan before a single nuke was dropped on them. When we finished they knew they could not win. Iran needs to learn that they can not win a fight against us. We do not want to destroy anything but the choice has simply come down to them or us.
Report Post »StupidWindmill
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:20amSo thats all it is huh? Us versus Them?
That is a gross oversimplification.
Report Post »mother of eight
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:51amWhat complicates this so much, stupidwindmill?
Report Post »Chad79
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 8:59amMaybe the fact that they are also being backed by China, Russia and God only know what other American and Isreal hating country.
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 12:08amCould this be the precurser to Ezekiel 38–39 unfolding? Israel has the right to defend themselves.
Report Post »Please PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM! Psalm 122:6
smartypoop
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 12:23amIm reading the Isreal Omen. Could be.
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 11:59pmObama getting down on his knees and licking those camel dung stained sandals of Islam sure did a lot of good. Americans have their panties in a politically correct knot over this burning of Korans. How will those sissified Americans feel when Islam burns Capitol Hill with a nuclear weapon?
Okpulot Taha
Report Post »Choctaw Nation
smartypoop
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 12:21amHot? Then they will just be a pile of ashes and dust in the wind.
Report Post »StupidWindmill
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:11amSeriously?
Political Correctness? How about common decency?
Some people.
Report Post »smartypoop
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 11:29pmWhy am I not surprised?
Report Post »Freelancer
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 8:11amClearly, Obama’s approach of strategic negotiations and appeasement are working but we are too stupid to see it. All of that effort by previous administrations have been wasted in under 20 months by the great uniter. You go booey…. A nuclear armed Iran will destabilize the entire Persian Gulf and if you think gas is expensive now, just wait until Iran starts to threaten oil tankers on top of Obama’s domestic oil production destruction plan all collide. We will all be driving horse and buggies and burning our furniture to keep warm since most states now have laws forbidding fire wood from being transported across county lines due to some bug. It now will cost me three times the price of electricity if I choose to burn wood. How nice.
Report Post »aafriend
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 9:11amLet’s stay in truth.
Iran will not blink when it comes to launching an attack on anyone. they have supported terrorists that have made there way to the united states and other countries and set up sleeper cells. they are planning an all out assault in the name of there beliefs. all the psycho babble is not going to save life. People are going to die. i do not want to watch innocent people die in the name of another countries religion. We as American Citizens must demand that Our American President take immediate action against the axes of evil. We as American Citizens have been through many wars, this is a war of the up most importance for the future generations. Iran must be stopped, or we will all look back and question why we did not act first. Courage to do the right thing must immediately be put on the table.
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