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Originally Posted by sid2112
Fear has nothing to do with it. I hate the government of Iran for it's funding of exteremists and it's insistence on having a nuclear program which represents a clear danger to western nations and will further destabilise an already unstable region.
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There is no evidence Iran is building nuclear weapons. The have not violated the NPT and they have the right to nuclear energy just like every other country. The US funds or funded extremists as well: the Likud party in Israel, the MEK, Orlando Bosch, the Cuban 5, the KLA, and Al Qaeda linked Sunni terrorists.A terrorist is a terrorist, no matter who they attack. All terrorism is wrong.
The case for Iran
Alarmist assessments of Iran's nuclear program lack a key component: evidence.
By M. Javad Zarif, M. JAVAD ZARIF is the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations.
December 30, 2006
WHEN THE U.N. Security Council was forced to convene on the Saturday before Christmas to vote on Resolution 1737 against Iran's nuclear program it was only natural to ask what the urgency was.
Iran had not attacked or threatened to use force against any member of the United Nations; in fact, Iran has not attacked any country for more than two centuries. Iran was not on the verge of building a nuclear weapon. To the contrary, as a study released this week by the National Academy of Sciences concludes, Iran needs nuclear energy in spite of its oil and gas reserves.
The case for Iran - Los Angeles Times
U.N. calls U.S. data on Iran's nuclear aims unreliable
Tips about supposed secret weapons sites and documents with missile designs haven't panned out, diplomats say.
By Bob Drogin and Kim Murphy, Times Staff Writers
February 25, 2007
U.N. calls U.S. data on Iran's nuclear aims unreliable - Los Angeles Times
ElBaradei: Iran not a nuclear threat to world
Tehran, March 30, IRNA
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IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei said on Thursday night that Iran is not considered as a nuclear threat to the world.
In an interview with Al-Arabia television network, he said the country poses no nuclear threats to any country around the globe.
ElBaradei: Iran not a nuclear threat to world - Irna
Iran envoy: Nuclear program no threat to Israel
Larijani says his country has 'no intention of aggression' against anyone
Envoy: Iran no threat to Israel - Focus on Iran - MSNBC.com
UN nuclear watchdog rebuts claims that Iran is trying to make A-bomb
By Anne Penketh
Published: 14 August 2005
The UN nuclear watchdog is preparing to publish evidence that Iran is not engaged in a nuclear weapons programme, undermining a warning of possible military action from President George Bush.
UN nuclear watchdog rebuts claims that Iran is trying to make A-bomb - Independent Online Edition > Middle East
Target Iran: Bush's Intentions Towards Tehran
Former Marine and UN weapons inspector, Scott Ritter, sits down with Wolf Blitzer to talk about his new book, Target Iran: The Truth About the White House's Plans for Regime Change.
Mr. Ritter tried relentlessly before the invasion of Iraq to warn the American public that Saddam Hussein didn't possess weapons of mass destruction nor have any ties to al Qaeda only to be ridiculed, smeared and, ultimately, ignored. Maybe we should listen to him on this one.
YouTube - Target Iran: Bush's Intentions Towards Tehran
Amy Goodman interviews Scott Ritter-Part1
YouTube - Amy Goodman interviews Scott Ritter-Part1
Randi Rhodes interviews Scott Ritter 2/19/07 part 1
YouTube - Randi Rhodes interviews Scott Ritter 2/19/07 part 1
In 2003, U.S. Spurned Iran's Offer of Dialogue
Some Officials Lament Lost Opportunity
By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 18, 2006; A16
Just after the lightning takeover of Baghdad by U.S. forces three years ago, an unusual two-page document spewed out of a fax machine at the Near East bureau of the State Department. It was a proposal from Iran for a broad dialogue with the United States, and the fax suggested everything was on the table -- including full cooperation on nuclear programs, acceptance of Israel and the termination of Iranian support for Palestinian militant groups.
In 2003, U.S. Spurned Iran's Offer of Dialogue