Ali Akbar Salehi, the director of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran
(AEOI) said on Thursday that the Islamic Republic has designed a new generation
of uranium centrifuges, and that they are ready to
be manufactured after testing. (Fars News Agency/Press TV, 27 December)
Salehi did not provide any specific details on the new generation of centrifuges.
The interim agreement signed last month in Geneva between Iran and P5+1, and valid for six months, prohibits the introduction of new centrifuges by Iran. It was not clear if Iran plans to manufacture the new enrichment machines after the expiration of the Geneva agreement.
If this plan goes into action it would equal a self-inflicted death knell by the occupying terrorists in Tehran.
ReplyDeleteno, if u read the news you will find out that even the permanent deal is not really permanent and Iran and P5+1 are negotiating for its length (Iran want it to be around 10 years and US 30 years) after this period Iran will be free to do whatever another country under NPT can do which includes installing new type of centrifuge, And in the mean while Iran can develop new technologies anyway.
Delete...or if, failing an agreement with the West on the nuclear issue, the Iranians intend to leap ahead again with their nuclear technology, as happened ten years ago following the Paris agreement.
ReplyDeleteObviously the Iranians are signalling future consequences should negotiations lead to a similar letdown. They weren't bluffing in '03 and most likely they're not bluffing in '13.
The main target of Salehi’s announcement is the country’s own hard-right. Rouhani’s administration has been under intense pressure from the right from the day it signed the Geneva agreement. Some leading conservatives have criticized the agreement for giving in too much to the West, sometimes accusing the government of surrendering the country’s national interests.
Delete100 MPs have also put forward a proposal at Majlis to force the government to enrich uranium at 60%, apparently if the interim agreement is not followed. Those are the very MPs who are arguing that Iran gave in to the West. The question would be why then the West wants to renege on an agreement that is so one-sidedly in its favor, as they argue.
Salehi perhaps is trying to pacify the criticism somehow. Let’s hope cooler heads prevail and the agreement is implemented fully, opening the way for a permanent agreement at the end of the six-month period. Rouhani’s new government and the country cannot afford to lose this opportunity. Let’s hope ’13 is different than ’03!
Nader UskowiDecember 27, 2013 at 9:27 AM
DeleteIf they hadnt stood firm in 03 there would have been no nuclear program or the potential deal today
Ahmadinejad was a key culprit of ruining the talks when he came to power in '05.
DeleteRouhani/Zarif team on one hand, and Obama/Kerry/Hagel team on the other, are much more wiser and reasonable and present the best chance ever to have a deal struck by the two sides.
DeleteNader UskowiDecember 27, 2013 at 12:06 PM
DeleteAnd just how did he do that when the wests demand was always no enrichment for iran,not one single centrifuge would be allowed period,blame the west for its intransigence and unreasonableness not iran for insisting on its sovereign rights,had iran not stood firm then you would not have the deal you have today with the west however grudgingly accepting those same rights,nor would you have the indigenous nuclear industry that iran has developed.Nobody ever said that standing up for ones rights would be easy or cheap,if it was the world and the middle east in particular would be a very different place
Fine, hope they do...they will bare the consequences.
ReplyDeleteWith a few weeks of massive bombings, this filthy regime's entire nuclear infrastructure could be shut down -- along with any filthy terrorist who dares look the wrong way at the planes doing the bombing.
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. needs to stop wasting time with a country of liars, and put them in their place.
Well said 9:11! I fully share your sentiments! Lots of commentators in this forum oppose that horrible regime! And there are millions like us in Iran not even allowed to utter so much as a beep without risking their lifes. People who post comments here in the defense of this criminal & oppressive regime, while living comfortably in Europe or the US, are hypocritical morons, plain and simple.
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AnonymousDecember 27, 2013 at 10:06 AM
The rantings of the same bunch of pahlavi fans and traitorous greenies who want to see iran reduced to just another arab style dictatorship vassal state like saudi,bahrain or egypt.
If the west was so strong and iran so helpless why then did the west sit down at the table with iran and agree to a deal that was in total opposition to everything it had demanded over the past 10 years,the simple truth is that war is expensive and the west is in no shape to afford yet another middle eastern war especially against someone as strong as iran,of course peace is expensive too but its a price the west can afford
AnonymousDecember 27, 2013 at 9:11 AM and AnonymousDecember 27, 2013 at 10:06 AM, using a variation of hasbara troll tactics 1 and 2 http://www.kabobfest.com/2010/04/11-signs-of-an-idf-internet-troll.html , just without the traditional Arab name; as well as the plain folks technique. 5. Plain folks: The plain folks technique attempts to convince the listener that the speaker is a 'regular guy', who is trust-worthy because the are like 'you or me'.http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hasbara
Deletebombings are a last resort and the United States is well-advised to avoid any such action while there's a chance to reach an agreement.
Deletewe can assume that there are Iranians who are not foolish enough to allow their nation to be bombed because Iran's government is reactionary and inept.
AnonymousDecember 27, 2013 at 3:49 PM
DeleteStanding up for a nations sovereign rights is "reactionary and inept"??
Unfortunately, there are not enough Americans who are not foolish enough to allow their nation to be dragged into another useless war they pay for with their lives and money.
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