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Nuclear watchdog chief warns of 'last chance' for Iran
BERLIN (AFP) - If Iran fails to resolve its nuclear dispute by the end of the year, it may be passing by its last chance to do so, the UN atomic energy agency head said in an interview due out Monday.
"By November, or December at the latest, we should be able to state whether the Iranians are keeping their promises. If they don't keep them, Tehran will have passed by an important chance, perhaps the last," Mohamed ElBaradei, the International Atomic Energy Agency head, told weekly Der Spiegel.
However, the IAEA chief urged international players to "encourage" Iran to cooperate.
"Beside sanctions, there must also be encouragement," he said, underlining that "sanctions alone will not bring any durable solution."
But he added that there were "concrete grounds to suspect" Iran of developing a nuclear bomb.
Asked about the possible use of force against Tehran, ElBaradei said that might destroy a large part of Iran's nuclear installations, but warned of the danger of an explosion of violence in the whole region.
"The already very deep oppositions between the Islamic world and the West would explode," he said.
He added that such a move would also certainly reinforce support for an Iranian nuclear bomb.
Iran and the UN atomic energy agency on August 21 agreed on a timetable for Tehran to clarify outstanding concerns about its contested nuclear programme, amid Western threats of further UN sanctions.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070901/wl_afp/irannucleariaea_070901190727
Remember Saddam received a last chance to disarm and dismantle WMDs
Well saddam kept giving bush the run around and look what happend US invaded IRAQ.This is exactly what the soviets did back in 50s & 60s by invading eastern europe to punish what the nazis tried to invade RUSSIA.So were punishing the Arabs for 9-11.
This is what the US occupation would look like
And they would be ruled by us!
BERLIN (AFP) - If Iran fails to resolve its nuclear dispute by the end of the year, it may be passing by its last chance to do so, the UN atomic energy agency head said in an interview due out Monday.
"By November, or December at the latest, we should be able to state whether the Iranians are keeping their promises. If they don't keep them, Tehran will have passed by an important chance, perhaps the last," Mohamed ElBaradei, the International Atomic Energy Agency head, told weekly Der Spiegel.
However, the IAEA chief urged international players to "encourage" Iran to cooperate.
"Beside sanctions, there must also be encouragement," he said, underlining that "sanctions alone will not bring any durable solution."
But he added that there were "concrete grounds to suspect" Iran of developing a nuclear bomb.
Asked about the possible use of force against Tehran, ElBaradei said that might destroy a large part of Iran's nuclear installations, but warned of the danger of an explosion of violence in the whole region.
"The already very deep oppositions between the Islamic world and the West would explode," he said.
He added that such a move would also certainly reinforce support for an Iranian nuclear bomb.
Iran and the UN atomic energy agency on August 21 agreed on a timetable for Tehran to clarify outstanding concerns about its contested nuclear programme, amid Western threats of further UN sanctions.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070901/wl_afp/irannucleariaea_070901190727
Remember Saddam received a last chance to disarm and dismantle WMDs
Well saddam kept giving bush the run around and look what happend US invaded IRAQ.This is exactly what the soviets did back in 50s & 60s by invading eastern europe to punish what the nazis tried to invade RUSSIA.So were punishing the Arabs for 9-11.
This is what the US occupation would look like
And they would be ruled by us!
