[Al Arabiya Latest] Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it wants fresh nuclear fuel for a reactor in Tehran before it would agree to ship most of its enriched uranium stocks to Russia and France, diplomats said on Friday. I feel kinda guilty for not paying closer attention to Iran's nuke program, but that's because events are so repetitious they become boring.
Western diplomats said on condition of anonymity that major Western powers found the Iranian demand for immediate access to fresh atomic fuel unacceptable.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Thursday it has received an "initial response" from Iran to the deal, but IRNA said it was not Tehran's "answer" to the plan brokered by the agency.
Amid growing French impatience and U.S. calls for clarification, IRNA indicated Tehran's message to the IAEA was "not an answer to the draft agreement," adding Iran would state its full position after more negotiations.
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Seems to me that they want to know they will be receiving fuel that is uncontaminated and can be further refined to weapons grade before they give up their own. Is it true that they can use their contaminated fuel for medical and power-generation purposes? Then I would say no, unless the "contamination" thing is a hoax just to get the west off their backs as they go about furthering their nuclear program. If all this is true, then it seems we would need to inspect much more of their Uranium before we can go any further with this process. And what is with all this "research grade" Uranium? Seems to me it is probably just how far they had managed to get in the bomb-making process before they figured out they had a problem, so they dubbed it "research" material rather than pre-"weapons grade" material.
I'd say get them to fess-up and cough-up or make sure they get fuc&ed-up.
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ION WMF > CHINESE EXPERTS: RUSSIA CANNOT PRODUCE ANY TYPE OF NUCLEAR-POWERED SPACECRAFT. Its all "just paper" as RUSS lacks the economic strength, according to the CHIN ACADEMY OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY.
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Let us just admit to ourselves that Iran's plan is to create nuclear weapons and be a dominate regional power with expansionist aims. They are not going to honor any treaty that will impede their goals. The world can confront Iran now and do something about it at a great cost, or wait and hope they implode. Or face them later and pay a cost in human life and treasure that we cannot even fathom.
[Iran Press TV Latest] Iran is ready to continue talks on a UN-brokered nuclear fuel deal based on its economic and technical concerns, IRNA quoted an informed official as saying.
"The Islamic Republic has announced its positive viewpoint towards the talks, noting that it is ready to continue negotiations on providing (nuclear) fuel for Tehran reactor based on economic and technical concerns," the informed official was quoted as saying by IRNA news agency on Friday.
On Thursday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed it had received Iran's reply on the UN-brokered nuclear fuel deal.
"Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei has received an initial response from the Iranian authorities to his proposal to use Iran's low-enriched uranium for manufacturing fuel for the continued operation of the Tehran Research Reactor," the UN nuclear watchdog said in a statement.
However, the informed Iranian official confirmed that Tehran's message to the IAEA on Thursday was not an answer to the draft deal.
The source added that 'even if a new round of talks was held, Iran would announce its opinion and not an answer'.
The deal brokered by the IAEA would require Iran to ship out 80 percent of its low-enriched uranium (LEU) in exchange for highly-enriched uranium converted into metal fuel rods for the Tehran research reactor.
Tehran, however, wants to ship out the LEU in small, staggered portions and receive the high-level uranium needed for the Tehran Research Reactor at the same time.
In the wake of a terrorist attack in southeastern Iran, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has accused the United States of helping terrorist carry out acts of violence in Iran.
"Reliable evidence shows the US played a role in the recent move," Larijani said referring to the recent bomb blast in Sistan-Baluchistan Province.
At least 41 people, including seven senior commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), were killed in the bombing on October 18 during a unity gathering of Shia and Sunni tribal leaders in the town of Pishin on the Iran-Pakistan border. The Jundallah terrorist group claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.
Larijani criticized Washington's policies on Iran and said the US acts against Iranian interests despite making offers to hold talks with the country.
"The Iranian nation should correctly recognize the US for what it is. The United States and Israel are the main culprits of these events and known enemies of the Iranian nation," added Larijani, who represents the city of Qom in Majlis.
Spearheaded by Abdulmalek Rigi, Jundallah terrorists have staged a tidal wave of bombings and terrorist attacks in Iran, one of which left at least 25 Iranians dead in early June.
Abdulhamid Rigi, the apprehended brother of the Jundallah point man, told Press TV in a recent interview that Abdulmalek had held several "confidential" meetings with FBI and CIA agents in Karachi and Islamabad.
He added that during one of the meetings, two female US agents had offered weapons, safe bases in Afghanistan and professional trainers and had attempted to recruit volunteers.
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[Asharq al-Aswat] A Lebanon-based Al Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility Thursday for a rocket attack against Israel this week, saying it was in retaliation for the Jewish state's crackdown on protesters at a Jerusalem shrine.
The claim from a group calling itself the Battalions of Ziad Jarrah came two days after a rocket was fired from Lebanon into northern Israel, causing no casualties. Lebanese troops subsequently found and dismantled four rockets in the village of Houla near the border with Israel.
The claim of responsibility, made on a Web site often used by Islamic militants, could not be independently verified. The group is named after a Lebanese militant who as among the 19 suicide attackers that carried out the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States. It has claimed responsibility for previous rocket-firings across the border into Israel.
The group said its fighters set up five rockets in Houla on Tuesday night but one launched prematurely, leading the militants to flee the area leaving four rockets behind. It was the fifth such attack against Israel from Lebanon this year. Israel responded with artillery fire, but there were no reports of casualties.
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