Finally: Iran has a deadline
The comments by US diplomat Robert Wood to the 35-nation governing board of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency signaled Washington's growing frustration at the lack of results in the IAEA's inquiry into possible military dimensions to Tehran's nuclear program. Iran denies the charge.
"If by March Iran has not begun substantive cooperation with the IAEA, the United States ... would urge the board to consider reporting this lack of progress to the UN Security Council," Wood said, according to a copy of his statement.
"Iran cannot be allowed to indefinitely ignore its obligations ... Iran must act now, in substance," Wood said.
IAEA chief Yukiya Amano earlier on Thursday said the UN agency had made no progress in a year-long push to find out if Iran worked on developing an atomic bomb, despite "intensive efforts" by his agency.
"No concrete results have been achieved," Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told a quarterly meeting of the 35-nation governing board of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog.I'm sure Iran is laughing all the way to the bank. By the time the case is referred to the Security Council in March, they should already have a nuclear weapon. And even if they don't, it will take many more months for the Security Council to decide when and how to act. And even if the Security Council decides to act, Russia and China will make sure that no serious action is taken.
What could go wrong?
Labels: IAEA, Iranian nuclear threat, United Nations Security Council
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:38 AM
2 Comments:
When Iran completes its nuclear weapons make no mistake - Barack Hussein Obama owns it 100%. He will bear full responsibility. When he could have easily stopped them, he instead stalled and bought them the time they needed. He prevented Israel from taking action. It will be Obama's mess...... and it will be up to the next guy to clean it up.
"Mr Nuclear Disarmament" indeed.
That's Stalin levels of disdain right there. He doesn't even pretend to not hold us all in contempt anymore.
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