Operation Iranian Freedom

Why “diplomacy” and “multilateralism” will never prevent a nuclear Iran:

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“The United States wants the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency to add an Oct. 31 deadline and toughen language in a resolution to force Iran to once and for all dispel suspicions it seeks to build a nuclear weapon.Bouyed by growing European support, Washington also kept up pressure on the United Nations Security Council to take up the Iranian case for its refusal to freeze programs that can produce nuclear arms, a violation of Tehran's treaty obligations.

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The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Tuesday that he cannot guarantee his probe of Iran's suspect nuclear activities will be complete by November, the deadline sought by the United States and its European allies.Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, also repeated that his investigation has not definitely established whether Iran is trying to make nuclear weapons as Washington asserts.

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Iran said Sunday it would not abandon uranium enrichment, rejecting a key demand by three European powers that have threatened to intensify pressure if Tehran does not curb its nuclear program. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Iran already had the technology required for its nuclear fuel cycle, and would not reverse the situation. But he repeated that Iran was willing to provide “guarantees” that it was not seeking to build nuclear weapons.

Operation Iranian Freedom. Coming to TV screens in 2005.

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