Iran warns West over Security Council decision
Personal I'd let Iran go ahead with their plans but give them a stern warning that if the World finds out that are in fact building or have nuclear weapons that the consequences will be swift and without compunction.
Let them hang themselves I say.
I can understand the apprehension from the West though.
Iran doesn't want to talk openly about their 'peaceful plans', make off-handed comments and appear to have an ego the size of their country - believing they don't have to report to anybody.
This article just seems to solidify my beliefs...
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Iran warns West over Security Council decision
Updated Tue. Jan. 31 2006 12:04 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Any move to refer Iran's nuclear file to the UN Security Council would mean the end of diplomacy, a senior Iranian official cautioned Tuesday.
The sharply worded warning was issued by leading nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, following an agreement by key powers to report Tehran to the Council.
"Reporting Iran's dossier to the UN Security Council will be unconstructive and the end of diplomacy," said Iran's leading nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, who state television quoted as saying that Tehran believes the issue can be resolved peacefully.
Larijani's comments followed a London meeting that lasted into early Tuesday, during which the five permanent members of the Security Council agreed to recommend that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report Iran to the Council.
An unnamed American diplomat told Reuters news agency: "This is the most powerful message we could have hoped for."
The key powers also decided the Council should wait until March to take up the nuclear file after a formal report on Tehran's activities from the IAEA, which is to meet Thursday in Vienna.
Meanwhile, diplomats told The Associated Press that Iran gave the UN's nuclear watchdog sensitive documents that seem linked to nuclear warhead design.
Vice President Gholamreza Aghazadeh, who also runs Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said it was difficult to predict the outcome of the IAEA meeting, the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency reported.
"The biggest problem for the West is that they can't find any (legal) justification to refer Iran to the UN Security Council," ISNA quoted him as saying.
Last week, Larijani flew to Moscow and Beijing to seek Russian and Chinese support against Western efforts to refer Iran to the Security Council.
Both Russia and China decided to vote for referral, a move that surprised observers as both nations have major economic ties to Iran and have been reluctant to escalate the case.
A French government official, speaking on the customary condition of anonymity, told AP that the Russian and Chinese ministers had been convinced of the need to show a united front.
Meanwhile, Russian and Chinese diplomats are expected to visit Tehran soon to urge Iranian officials to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog.
The United States suspects Iran is aiming to build atomic weapons, a charge with Tehran denies, saying its nuclear program is only for generating electricity.
Iran broke IAEA seals at a uranium enrichment plant Jan. 10 and resumed small-scale enrichment.
The decision provoked an outcry as enrichment is a process that can produce material which can be used in nuclear weapons as well as power plants.
If Iran's nuclear file is referred to the Security Council on Thursday, Iran could retaliate.
Iran, which has approved a law requiring the government to stop all voluntary cooperation with IAEA in the event of referral, is likely to retaliate immediately.
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