Iran Gets 30 Days to Clear Nuke Suspicions

"Iran is a country that is allergic to pressure and to threats and intimidation," Iranian Ambassador Javad Zarif said.

How does a country sneeze?

The question really is, will Iran stop its nuclear program? If they don't, then what will the next step be from the international community?

double standard

n : an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another

Iran must comply with the U.N. ! The respectable administration of the USA said so. At least, they listen to the U.N.

Bush's positions as reported in the memo -- that U.N. inspectors were unlikely to find weapons, that military action would occur with or without the U.N.'s backing, that the war was unavoidable

Aw crap. =/

Media ignored, underreported NY Times disclosure of explosive Bush-Blair memo

seriously is any country ever scared off by a U.N. threat? next up, the U.N. will "condemn Iran's actions in the strongest possible terms.." then proceed to do nothing significant thereafter.

Iran will be getting a mildly-worded memo in thirty days from the UN telling them just how upset the UN is with them. Another sixty after that it will be a strongly-worded memo, and sometime in the next two years, they may be seeing an angry letter.

I sure wouldn't want the wrath of the whole United Nations coming down on me... I'm terrified of letters myself.

This is why unilateral action happens... many countries are just too slow to act, or purposely waste time in negotiations in order to gain the upper hand.

This dance that the UN is doing is a folly. It's a delay tactic by Russia and China to work out their economic interests in Iran and squeeze whatever $ they have invested before making a complete pullout because of some military or economic sanction. It shows the rest of the world how ineffective and toothless the UN has become. Personally, I can see why the US has become unilateral in its approach to foreign relations. Despite that, diplomacy is the best option but there is a point where it leads nowhere.

Zaki: there is a difference between doing something without the U.N.'s backing and blatantly ignoring a legally non-binding statement... wait... meh, guess I killed my own point.

hey, Tep!

Don't go faulting other countries for putting their economic well-being at the top of their priorities. The United States is just as, if not far more, guilty of that sort of thing. Our government has done all kinds of shady things for cash.

Personally, I don't think Iran is a country to piss off. I think China and Russia realize this, and are attempting to work toward a compromise on the most peaceful terms possible. The U.S. can't afford a third war effort so soon, we're already spread too thin and dropping billions over Iraq and Afghanistan. Iran is also much larger and has a much stronger military than Iraq or the Taliban. They won't take kindly to threats, and they won't go down easy.

It's a delicate situation for a multitude of reasons. If our priority is preventing deaths, we must tread lightly. Letting the IAEA run things right now is best. UN sanctions, though proven useless time and time again, will only piss them off more and render them less likely to compromise. Considering the bellicose sons of @!$%#es running things here right now, there would be a high risk of entering into yet another unnecessary war that would only do us harm.

lol@sonofhob

A lot of you know why my comments are the way they are, and for that I thank you. The reason why I am so critical of this current administration, is not because I hate America (I love it, along with my iPod, my car, and my laptop), but due to the fact that we run around the planet telling others what to do without subjecting ourselves to the same standards. I love the fact that people from all backgrounds and cultures can live in the same neighborhood without bombs going off.

Does anybody ever pause for a second and realize what we're asking of Iran? We are the world #1 superpower, we have most of the nukes, we go to war whenever we feel like it, we disregard advices from all our friends, AND THEN, we're going to tell Iran not to build nuclear technology?

Iran is near developing nuclear technology to provide electricity for everybody in their country for cheap. It won't be able to product nuclear weapons for at least 8-10 years.

The real reason USA is worried about Iran developing nuclear technology, is because then Iran can set more demands when it comes to exporting oil and say: "@!$%# you wanna @!$%# with us? You better pay $120/barrel and if you try anything, bring it, I got nukes too."

It won't be able to product nuclear weapons for at least 8-10 years.

This is is pure BS. The United States was able to build nuclear weapons in just six years (from the letter to Roosevelt in 1939, to the first nuclear reaction in 1942 to a working bomb in 1945) during World War II. That was when we were actually developing the technology ourselves, as opposed to buying the blueprints from somebody else and finding a helluva lot of the required information on the Internet. What makes you think Iran would need more time than that?

Two to five years is a far more reasonable figure considering the above.

The real reason USA is worried about Iran developing nuclear technology, is because then Iran can set more demands when it comes to exporting oil and say: "@!$%# you wanna @!$%# with us? You better pay $120/barrel and if you try anything, bring it, I got nukes too."

I am sure this is some of the reason. The other reason is that the government of Iran is known to support terrorist organizations in the region. I am not worried about a soviet-era standoff with a nuclear Iran. I am worried about Iran "losing" a bomb to a group who has no fear of using it.

I'm sure that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statements about Israel, and his paranoid perspectives of the rest of the world, have a little something to do with it...

"They [the United States] think they are the absolute rulers of the world."

"The UN structure is one-sided, stacked against the world of Islam"

"Israel must be wiped off the map … The establishment of a Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world . . "

Maxwell Despard, nowhere did I suggest military action. I was merely suggesting economic sanctions and diplomatic isolation. As you said, war should not be an option. It should be used only in defence. However, the idea of keeping dictators in power because you can make more money from them is abhorrent. The U.S. is certainly guilty and I never said otherwise. This situation, however, is grave enough that Russia and China should not be skirting around. It is becoming clear that Iran would rather face sanctions than to show the world it has nothing to hide.