Iran does not possess a nuclear weapons programme

Iran does not possess a nuclear weapons programme
Published: February 23 2009 02:00 | Last updated: February 23 2009 02:00
From Mr Fariborz S. Fatemi.

Sir, Before the teeth gnashing, "iffy" scenarios and threats start and overwhelm us, everyone should take a deep breath ("Iran holds enough uranium for a bomb", February 20).

First, it must be emphasised over and over again, Iran has accumulated only low-enriched uranium. The next step to provide the raw materials for a single bomb is a huge step that will not go undetected. The International Atomic Energy Agency has said repeatedly: "All nuclear materials, as well as all installed cascades, remain under agency containment and surveillance."

Second, Iran has never attacked anyone in several centuries. Third, Iran has no nuclear weapons programme.

This was the conclusion of 16 US national intelligence agencies. That was affirmed again last September 16 by Gen Michael Hayden, CIA director, who said: "We assessed that the nuclear weapons programme had not resumed as of mid-2007, a conclusion that subsequent intelligence still supports."

Theories that Iran "could" reach "break-out capacity" or "cross red lines" are just that - theories. The reality is that 30 years of enmity and isolation between the US and Iran have only resulted in profound ignorance and misconceptions. That must be changed. More of the same will not do.

America must move quickly to open unconditional dialogue with Iran, put a heavy weight such as Brent Scowcroft in charge of Iran policy, and open an interest section, staffing it with Farsi-speaking US diplomats.

With Iran's potential help so vital to US security interests in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the region, the time for that smart diplomacy is now.

Fariborz S. Fatemi,

Former Professional Staff Member,

House Foreign Affairs Committee,

Senate Foreign Relations Committee,

McLean, VA, USA

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/097a0bc8-014a-11de-8f6e-000077b07658.html

Yeah, right. Can I take that check to the bank and cash it today?


We should GIVE them nukes....delivered from high overhead by everything we have that starts with a B.


CJ

A website with more of Foriborz S. Fatemi's writings:


http://www.parstimes.com/opinion/2005/f_fatemi.html

Thanks for that link.

You're very welcome.

I'll keep an eye out for more pro Iranian propaganda pieces for you so that you can continue them post them here.

Absolutely required viewing.

The Evidence from Imagery

Nice visuals to what I've only heard and read about before...and then some! Cool asphalt soccer field.

Thanks for posting.

No, but they are leasing with the option to buy.

Thats all he does. Look at all his posts in this section.

Nuclear Facilities

Tehran Research Reactor (TRR)

Other Names: IR-0001
Location: Tehran Nuclear Research Center
Subordinate to: AEOI
Size: 5MW
Primary Function: Research and development, isotope production

Description:

TRR is a 5MWt pool-type light water research reactor. The United States supplied TRR to Iran in 1967. It is housed at the Tehran Nuclear Research Center (TNRC). It is capable of producing up to 600 grams of plutonium annually. In 1987, the AEOI paid Argentina's Applied Research Institute (INVAP) $5.5 million to convert the reactor's fuel from 93 percent enriched uranium to 20 percent enriched uranium. The Argentine Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEA) has subsequently supplied the reactor with 115.8kg of safeguarded 20 percent enriched uranium fuel.

In the 1990s, TRR was used to irradiate UO2 targets for subsequent separation of I-131 at the MIX facility. The facility remains in operation.

Key Sources:
[1]"Research Reactors," Nuclear Review; Schwarzbach, "Iran's Nuclear Program: Energy or Weapons?" pp. 5-6, 52.
[2] "Iran's Nuclear Ambitions," Jane's Intelligence Review: Special Report, No. 6, 1 June 1995.
[3] "Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran," International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 6 June 2003, p. 6.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has attacked U.S soldiers in Iraq and Israeli soldiers in Lebanon. Get your story strait........

I don't care if they didn't return their library books.

We still owe them for 79' and everything in between.
Nuke those fuckers till they glow.

When did Baghdad Bob get hired by the Iroonians?

Iranian nationals, unrestrained by the Iranian Gov't (whose responsibilities explicitly included protecting all Embassies) invaded Sovereigh US territory, e.g., the US Embassy in Teheran, Iran, and held the occupants hostage for 444 days of abuse.

That, given the tacit approval of the Iranian Gov't and the Gov'ts complete unwillingness to help secure the release of the hostages, constitute an act of War. It should not go un-noticed that the current President of Iran is reputed to have been one of the ringleaders in the US Embassy invasion and subsequent hostage-taking.

Andy, you seem to have a penchant for posting controversial topics carefully selected to provoke the greatest possible furor and discord.

Some of these come seemingly out of the blue, as with the Gen Wm Sherman thread a while back. Others, like the above topic have some sort of connection with current events, at least.

Nevertheless, taken as a whole, your posting pattern is one of a person increasingly given to making posts –– I can't dignify most of them with the term contributions–– that are indistinguishable from outright trolling.

If you continue on your present path, I will sanction you at some point in the future, and the sanction will be permanent. Consider yourself warned.

What a load of crap.

1967, 1987, 1995 and 2003.

Interesting; but more than a little dated.

And no mention of Iran's more recent underground facilities and programs that utilize thousands of centrifuges for uranium enrichment.

Not much cause for comfort given the bellicose nature of the Islamic Republic.

There's absolutely nothing improper with researching a source that someone refers to here in order to legitimize their position.

Being that Foriborz S. Fatemi was quoted as the single, reliable, and legitimate source of information upon which the OPs thread was based in its entirety; I was more than justified in locating additional writings from Mr. Fatemi and citing them here in order that his political worldview could be seen and considered from another and more appropriate prospective.

I really don't see any problem with that at all; sources can, and should be, subject to scrutiny before they are accepted as factual or reliable.

Originally Posted By vito113:
Iran does not possess a nuclear weapons programme

Anybody told the Israelis?

Honestly, what a load of bollocks this guy spouts

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