US rejects Iran nuclear 'timeout'

The US has rejected a call from the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog for a "timeout" in the showdown with Iran over its nuclear programme.

The US ambassador to the UN said the sanctions already being applied against Iran were not open to reinterpretation.

The head of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, said on Friday that Iran's nuclear work and UN sanctions could be simultaneously stopped.

Some Western nations fear Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons.

Tehran insists its programme is for peaceful uses only.

'Not mature'

A UN resolution passed on 23 December imposed sanctions on Iran until it stops enriching uranium.

Enriched uranium is used as fuel for nuclear reactors but can also be used to produce material for atomic weapons.

The acting US ambassador to the UN, Alejandro Wolff, said "there is a path laid out for suspension [of sanctions] and that is Iranian suspension of their enrichment activities to be responded to by the Council."

Iran too has dismissed the proposal. Chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said Mr ElBaradei's proposal was not "mature" enough.

"Iran's nuclear issue has different angles and sides to it, and does not have a simple one-line solution," he said in Tehran.

Iran has been pressing ahead with plans to expand its nuclear programme.

Tehran has announced it will install 3,000 centrifuges at its Natanz nuclear facility. This would be a massive increase in its potential to produce enriched uranium.

On Friday Iran demanded the removal of the UN official in charge of inspecting the country's nuclear programme.

The official, Chris Charlier, had already been banned from entering Iran.

Last week, Iran banned 38 inspectors from four different countries.

So that's the best the UN can do?? A timeout? Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick...

Looks like all hell is about to break loose in the near future.

Like I'm going to listen to anything a mother ###### named Mohamed El baradie says regarding Iran. :rolleyes:

That Mohamnad Mo`fo is the head of the Internationl Atomic Energy Agency!


The clear danger is the fact that, the Neocoens in Washington have itchy fingers with them situated on thye buttons and its the Russians building the facility.

Its full steam ahead to a bigger and deadlier war when they can`t even find an out to the mess in Iraq. iy88767

Images of Tahran today.

Click above for people who want to start bombing.

Europeans fear US attack on Iran as nuclear row intensifies


· Transatlantic rift emerges over how to handle crisis
· America builds up its naval forces in the Gulf

Ian Traynor in Brussels and Jonathan Steele
Wednesday January 31, 2007
The Guardian


The Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Photograph: AP

Senior European policy-makers are increasingly worried that the US administration will resort to air strikes against Iran to try to destroy its suspect nuclear programme.
As transatlantic friction over how to deal with the Iranian impasse intensifies, there are fears in European capitals that the nuclear crisis could come to a head this year because of US frustration with Russian stalling tactics at the UN security council. "The clock is ticking," said one European official. "Military action has come back on to the table more seriously than before. The language in the US has changed."


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