They could actually be using them to create energy to supply the people who live in the country. It’s also likely they’re trying to create a system of deterrence.
They want to kill everyone that’s not as them anyone that’s not Islam and the easiest ways is by having these weapons and starting off using them on Israel then Europe etc
Iran claims that it wants enriched uranium for use in its nuclear power plant. Iran could use its oil to run its power plants but prefers to sell it for example, to China. However, it seems that Iran wants to change the balance of power in the Middle East. They want the nuclear bomb.
Mohammad Nabi Rudaki stated that 164 centrifuge sets are now enriching uranium up to 4.5 percent grade….to provide our industrial and power plant needs in nuclear fuel, we will soon embark on enriching uranium to the grade of 9 percent in 3000 centrifuge sets.
On August 22 Ali Larijani, hand delivered Iran’s 21-page response to UNSC 1696 the package of incentives to dissuage Iran from uranium enrichment. Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said that Tehran was ready to enter “serious negotiations” over its disputed nuclear program but did not say that it was willing to suspend uranium enrichment — the West’s key demand. This was because the West had offered many economic incentives.
On August 19, Iran launched a large-scale area, sea and ground exercise he maneuver, the Blow of Zolfaghar (the sword used by Imam Ali), which involved 12 divisions, army Chinook helicopters, unmanned planes, parachutists, electronic war units and special forces. Iran’s state-run television reported that the new anti-aircraft system was tested “to make Iranian air space unsafe for our enemies.”
On Sunday, August 20, in the Kashan desert about 250 kilometers southeast of the capital of Tehran, Iran tested the Saegheh missile which has a range of between 80 to 250 kilometers. Saegheh means lightning in Farsi. (The language of Iran is not Arabic and Iranians are not Arabs.)
Iran’s arsenal also contains the Shahab-3 missile, which means “shooting star” in Farsi, and is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. It has a range of more than 2,000 kilometers and can reach Israel and US forces in the Middle East.
Iran’s military test-fired a series of missiles during large-scale war games in the Persian Gulf in March and April, including a missile it claimed was not detectable by radar that can use multiple warheads to hit several targets simultaneously.
The Iranian news service Al-Borz, predicted that on the first anniversary of Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s government, in late August 2006, Ahmadinejad is expected to announce what the news service called Iran’s “nuclear birth.”
In addition, an August 23, 2006 article about Iran’s reply to the incentives proposal, that was posted on the Iranian Foreign Ministry-affiliated website , implied that Iran’s nuclear technology had already reached the point of no return: “…
The following are excerpts from the Al-Borz report:
“It is expected that the first anniversary of the forming of the ninth government will be the date of the Ahmadinejad government’s ‘nuclear birth.’
“… Together with [the celebration of] the anniversary of the forming of the ninth cabinet, the president of the country [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] will hold his third press conference… where he will answer questions from journalists from Iran and from abroad.
“In addition to detailing the activities of the government at the end of [its first] year, the head of the government [i.e. Ahmadinejad] will officially present Iran’s positions on: economic and cultural matters, the nuclear dossier, the activities of nuclear research centers, and developments in the region.”
If what Iran wanted was nuclear power, Iran could have opted for a “light water” nuclear power plant instead of the “heavy water” nuclear power plant at Arak. Also, it has been persistent to deter IAEA inspectors on certain properties which had been agreed to under the NPT (nuclear non-proliferation treaty.)
The UNSC will use diplomatic and economic sanctions including a ban on missile and nuclear technology to Tehran; international refusal to grant entry visas to those involved in Iran’s nuclear program and a freeze of their assets as well as a ban on investment in the country. Don’t count on Russia and China to block that sanction vote.
U.S. Central Command is updating a target list for Iran. Retired Gen. McInerney advocates using B-2 stealth bombers, cruise missiles and jet fighters to conduct a one- or two-day bombing campaign to take out Iran’s air defenses, military facilities and about 40 nuclear targets, which includes a Russian-built reactor and an enrichment plant at Bushehr. Israel has drafted plans for air strikes using long-range versions of the F-15 and F-16 fighters.
Ali Soltanieh, Iran’s permanent representative to the IAEA, denied that Iran had refused UN inspectors’ access to its underground nuclear facilities at Natanz in central Iran. Iran needs to enrich uranium as a peaceful, alternative energy source and has the right to do so under the NPT, according to Iranian officials. They have told the IAEA that the traces of enriched uranium came from equipment purchased from another country, which was already contaminated.
Iran does not allow for remote monitoring of the PFEP (Pilot Feul Enrichment Plant). Or monitoring of the PHRC (Physics Research Center). Or monitoring of the P-1 and P-2 centrifuges.
On August 31, the UNSC will review the report from the Director General of the IAEA regarding whether Iran has established full and sustained suspension of all uranium enrichment and research activities. Pending the outcome of the report the UNSC will vote on sanctions for Iran violating Resolution 1696 and adopt appropriate measures under Article 41 of Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations to persuade Iran to comply with Resolution 1696 and the requirements of the IAEA.
The same centrifuges used to make commercial nuclear power fuel can be used to make nuclear bombs.
But keep this in mind, the centrifugal process takes about 8-10 years to make enough bomb grade uranium to create a single functional nuclear device.
It is much quicker by 3-4 years to take the “spent” fuel rods from the commercial power plants and chemically extract the plutonium from them to make a much more effective bomb and you can get 3-5 bombs out of it.
So why would you even try to use the centrifugal process that has been outdated since WW2 to make a nuclear weapon?
By the way the plutonium extraction method is how Pakistan and India created their weapons, not by centrifuge.
Oh Im sure their nuclear energy is strictly for peaceful purposes. Most likely to power all those hospitals for AIDS patients and homosexual health services. Then they will power all the free womens health clinics and job fairs for women. Of course they will use it to develop new technologies and medicines. Why, Islamic countries are at the top of the industry for human rights abuses WHOOPS!! I cant believe I actually typed abuses…what the heck was I thinking I meant to say Humanitarian Awards
-Steve “Call me Ishmail” Centanni
To Che down there..Dont you know your atavar depicts a known murderer of 1000′s of innocent FARMERS?
Stop it with the che chic crap already
They either know that their oil supply is finite or they want the security of nuclear weapons. I would imagine Bush invading Iraq make them rethink their defensive strategies. Chances are they want to enrich it for both power and weapons.
Make nuclear devices and share the enriched uranium with “friends” on behalf of Islamic proliferation.
blow us up
Got mad and think Muslims can rule world with bad smell.
The same thing America and India and Parkistan and Britain does with Uranium
they probably wan’t to be like in big arm’s race so the state’s can’t threaten them.
I think they want to make nuclear weapons or keep the supply from us after all, it is their own resources
They could actually be using them to create energy to supply the people who live in the country. It’s also likely they’re trying to create a system of deterrence.
They want to kill everyone that’s not as them anyone that’s not Islam and the easiest ways is by having these weapons and starting off using them on Israel then Europe etc
They want to make enriched uranium bread.
blow us up
they say energy,,,
Iran claims that it wants enriched uranium for use in its nuclear power plant. Iran could use its oil to run its power plants but prefers to sell it for example, to China. However, it seems that Iran wants to change the balance of power in the Middle East. They want the nuclear bomb.
Mohammad Nabi Rudaki stated that 164 centrifuge sets are now enriching uranium up to 4.5 percent grade….to provide our industrial and power plant needs in nuclear fuel, we will soon embark on enriching uranium to the grade of 9 percent in 3000 centrifuge sets.
On August 22 Ali Larijani, hand delivered Iran’s 21-page response to UNSC 1696 the package of incentives to dissuage Iran from uranium enrichment. Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said that Tehran was ready to enter “serious negotiations” over its disputed nuclear program but did not say that it was willing to suspend uranium enrichment — the West’s key demand. This was because the West had offered many economic incentives.
On August 19, Iran launched a large-scale area, sea and ground exercise he maneuver, the Blow of Zolfaghar (the sword used by Imam Ali), which involved 12 divisions, army Chinook helicopters, unmanned planes, parachutists, electronic war units and special forces. Iran’s state-run television reported that the new anti-aircraft system was tested “to make Iranian air space unsafe for our enemies.”
On Sunday, August 20, in the Kashan desert about 250 kilometers southeast of the capital of Tehran, Iran tested the Saegheh missile which has a range of between 80 to 250 kilometers. Saegheh means lightning in Farsi. (The language of Iran is not Arabic and Iranians are not Arabs.)
Iran’s arsenal also contains the Shahab-3 missile, which means “shooting star” in Farsi, and is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. It has a range of more than 2,000 kilometers and can reach Israel and US forces in the Middle East.
Iran’s military test-fired a series of missiles during large-scale war games in the Persian Gulf in March and April, including a missile it claimed was not detectable by radar that can use multiple warheads to hit several targets simultaneously.
The Iranian news service Al-Borz, predicted that on the first anniversary of Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s government, in late August 2006, Ahmadinejad is expected to announce what the news service called Iran’s “nuclear birth.”
In addition, an August 23, 2006 article about Iran’s reply to the incentives proposal, that was posted on the Iranian Foreign Ministry-affiliated website , implied that Iran’s nuclear technology had already reached the point of no return: “…
The following are excerpts from the Al-Borz report:
“It is expected that the first anniversary of the forming of the ninth government will be the date of the Ahmadinejad government’s ‘nuclear birth.’
“… Together with [the celebration of] the anniversary of the forming of the ninth cabinet, the president of the country [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] will hold his third press conference… where he will answer questions from journalists from Iran and from abroad.
“In addition to detailing the activities of the government at the end of [its first] year, the head of the government [i.e. Ahmadinejad] will officially present Iran’s positions on: economic and cultural matters, the nuclear dossier, the activities of nuclear research centers, and developments in the region.”
If what Iran wanted was nuclear power, Iran could have opted for a “light water” nuclear power plant instead of the “heavy water” nuclear power plant at Arak. Also, it has been persistent to deter IAEA inspectors on certain properties which had been agreed to under the NPT (nuclear non-proliferation treaty.)
The UNSC will use diplomatic and economic sanctions including a ban on missile and nuclear technology to Tehran; international refusal to grant entry visas to those involved in Iran’s nuclear program and a freeze of their assets as well as a ban on investment in the country. Don’t count on Russia and China to block that sanction vote.
U.S. Central Command is updating a target list for Iran. Retired Gen. McInerney advocates using B-2 stealth bombers, cruise missiles and jet fighters to conduct a one- or two-day bombing campaign to take out Iran’s air defenses, military facilities and about 40 nuclear targets, which includes a Russian-built reactor and an enrichment plant at Bushehr. Israel has drafted plans for air strikes using long-range versions of the F-15 and F-16 fighters.
Ali Soltanieh, Iran’s permanent representative to the IAEA, denied that Iran had refused UN inspectors’ access to its underground nuclear facilities at Natanz in central Iran. Iran needs to enrich uranium as a peaceful, alternative energy source and has the right to do so under the NPT, according to Iranian officials. They have told the IAEA that the traces of enriched uranium came from equipment purchased from another country, which was already contaminated.
Iran does not allow for remote monitoring of the PFEP (Pilot Feul Enrichment Plant). Or monitoring of the PHRC (Physics Research Center). Or monitoring of the P-1 and P-2 centrifuges.
On August 31, the UNSC will review the report from the Director General of the IAEA regarding whether Iran has established full and sustained suspension of all uranium enrichment and research activities. Pending the outcome of the report the UNSC will vote on sanctions for Iran violating Resolution 1696 and adopt appropriate measures under Article 41 of Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations to persuade Iran to comply with Resolution 1696 and the requirements of the IAEA.
The same centrifuges used to make commercial nuclear power fuel can be used to make nuclear bombs.
But keep this in mind, the centrifugal process takes about 8-10 years to make enough bomb grade uranium to create a single functional nuclear device.
It is much quicker by 3-4 years to take the “spent” fuel rods from the commercial power plants and chemically extract the plutonium from them to make a much more effective bomb and you can get 3-5 bombs out of it.
So why would you even try to use the centrifugal process that has been outdated since WW2 to make a nuclear weapon?
By the way the plutonium extraction method is how Pakistan and India created their weapons, not by centrifuge.
Hey ChristopherV can’t you tell a rhetorical question when you read it, you moron. The TV news says most Americans believe it is for Power plants.
Oh Im sure their nuclear energy is strictly for peaceful purposes. Most likely to power all those hospitals for AIDS patients and homosexual health services. Then they will power all the free womens health clinics and job fairs for women. Of course they will use it to develop new technologies and medicines. Why, Islamic countries are at the top of the industry for human rights abuses WHOOPS!! I cant believe I actually typed abuses…what the heck was I thinking I meant to say Humanitarian Awards
-Steve “Call me Ishmail” Centanni
To Che down there..Dont you know your atavar depicts a known murderer of 1000′s of innocent FARMERS?
Stop it with the che chic crap already
bombs? are you stupid or just ignorant
to protect themselves from the US
I’d be scared of a country with thousands of nuclear weapons. A country who recently started a war.
try to grow mushrooms
make a really powerfull vacuum cleaner lol
They either know that their oil supply is finite or they want the security of nuclear weapons. I would imagine Bush invading Iraq make them rethink their defensive strategies. Chances are they want to enrich it for both power and weapons.
They want to be known as a major player in the Mid East. They want Nuclear Weapons to destroy Israel.