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Iran Now Says Willing to Engage in “Talks” Despite President Ahmadinejad’s Vows to Continue its Nuclear Program
What Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is Saying

New Bipartisan Poll on Iran
Iran Press Kit

Iran said today (Sept. 11) that it is ready to engage in “comprehensive talks” despite longtime insistence – as recently as four days ago – that developing a nuclear program is among its “undeniable rights. [2] Below is a timeline showing Iran's longtime defiance to abide by international sanctions and refusal to stop any activities to develop nuclear weapons.

The latest declaration falls in line with the Islamic Republic’s history of using talks as a distraction while the country pushes ahead to enrich enough uranium to create a nuclear weapon. [3] Just this week, Washington’s top envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency said this week that Iran is "is now either very near or in possession" of sufficient material to build a nuclear weapon. [4]

The International Atomic Energy Agency has issued numerous reports – including one last month - that Iran has not stopped its uranium enrichment.” [5] There are also international concerns that Iran is developing nuclear warheads, missile re-entry vehicles and other weapons. [6] Iran has also defied three sets of international sanctions and has ignored the threat of imminent new sanctions. [7]

Following is a sampling of Ahmadinejad’s years of declarations:

“Iran’s nuclear issue is over. We will never negotiate Iran’s undeniable rights.” [8] (Sept. 7, 2009)

"If anyone wants to interfere in the nuclear program beyond the law, that path is blocked. From our point of view the nuclear file does not exist…but what exists is the file of animosity." [9] (Sept. 7, 2009)

Iran and Venezuela have “Important missions to help the oppressed and revolutionary nations and to expand the anti-imperialist front in the world. Time has passed for arrogant powers to have influence on revolutionary nations…" [10] (Sept. 6, 2009)

Iran "should have constructive interaction with all nations and countries with the exception of the illegal Zionist entity." [11] (Aug. 30, 2009)

"We are sorry for those countries around us and those neighbors who are at the service of the Zionist and are providing means for Israel's hegemony over the world. They (certain neighbors) don't understand that they are facilitating the Zionists. We hope they could wake up." [12] (Aug. 17, 2009)

"You [Europeans] have clearly interfered in Iran's internal affairs and were naïve enough to think that you can damage the system but with God's help you failed. You (world powers) will be held accountable for this ballyhoo you made in the world" [13] (Aug. 16, 2009)

[On opponents to his election] "They applied the methods of (Josef) Goebbels, propaganda minister of Hitler…They used this method of psychological war against our nation." [14] (June 10, 2009)

"Don't be afraid of those Zionists. They are on the verge of death. Their time has passed. Do not surrender your people to them… Don't you know the nature of the Zionists? Don't you know who the Zionists are? They came in order to take over our region in its entirety. At first, they said that they wanted [a country] from the Nile to the Euphrates. Once they got settled, they said that there had been a mistake, and that they wanted all the Islamic lands…Unless they are put in their place at the very beginning of their conspiracy and fitna, they will jeopardize the security of the whole world, they will jeopardize the security of the whole region… They want the entire world. At their very first step, you must crush their step, crush their leg, so that they do not dare to invade the Islamic lands" [15] (April 22, 2009)

"After the Second World War, by exploiting the holocaust and under the pretext of protecting the Jews they [the West] made a nation homeless with military expeditions and invasion…they established the most aggressive, racist country in another territory, i.e. Palestine…The global Zionism is the complete symbol of racism, which with unreal reliance on religion has tried to misuse the religious beliefs of some unaware people and hide its ugly face… we should try to put an end to the misuse of international means by the Zionists and their supporters." [16] (April 20, 2009)

"Those who say they want to make change, this is the change they should make: they should apologize to the Iranian nation and try to make up for their dark background and the crimes they have committed against the Iranian nation.” [17] (Jan. 28, 2009)

"Who has asked them [the United States] to come and interfere in the affairs of nations? Change means giving up support for the rootless, uncivilized, fabricated, murdering… Zionists and let the Palestinian nation decide its own destiny.” [18] (Jan. 28, 2009)

“The Holocaust…was a pretext to continue and expand the domination of the victors, particularly the United States and Britain, on the world stage.” [19] (Jan. 27, 2009)

“After massacring the people and driving them away from their homes, they [Zionists] usurped their [Palestinians] homeland and created the Zionist regime… They [Zionists] knew that Islamic civilization and culture has the dynamic potential to threaten their interests, which were based on oppression, force and thirst for power.” [20] (Jan. 27, 2009)

“Unlocking the chest of the Holocaust and re-examining it would be tantamount to cutting the vital arteries of the Zionist regime. It will destroy the philosophical foundation and raison d’être of this regime.” [21] (Jan. 27, 2009)

“Unfortunately, they [Zionists] have ensnared many politicians and parties and they are plundering the wealth and assets of nations in this way, depriving peoples of their freedoms and destroying their cultures and human values by spreading their nexus of corruption and decadence.” [22] (Jan. 27, 2009)

“The root of all problems and wars in the world is the unwanted meddling of the United States in world affairs.” [23] (Jan. 15, 2009)

“Those who link their interests to the interests of the Zionists will go to hell.” [24] (Dec. 30, 2008)

"The ideology of Zionism and its dominance have reached the end line. Zionists are at the end of the road both in theory and practice in all economic, political, military and cultural terms” [25] (Dec. 28, 2008)

“Today, thousands of Imad Mughniyahs [terrorist leader of Hezbollah, responsible for the Marine Barracks attack in Lebanon and the US Embassy attack in 1983] will continue resistance and follow the path of martyrs.” [26] (Dec. 25, 2008)

"Whoever intends to talk with the Iranian nation should know that Iranians would never recognize the Zionist regime.” [27] (Dec. 16, 2008)

"Capitalism has reached the end and current efforts will not save it, just as the socialist economy came to an end." [28] (Nov. 29, 2008)

"The Zionists are crooks. A small handful of Zionists, with a very intricate organization, have taken over the power centers of the world. According to our estimates, the main cadre of the Zionists consists of 2,000 individuals at most, and they have another 8,000 activists. In addition, they have several informants, who spy and provide them with intelligence information.” [29] (Oct. 2, 2008)

“Today, the Zionist regime is on a definite slope to collapse and there is no way for it to out of the cesspool created by itself and its supporters.” [30] (Sept. 23, 2008)

“[The] American empire in the world is reaching the end of its road, and its next rulers must limit their interference to their own borders.” [31] (Sept. 23, 2008)

"As long as the aggressors, because of their financial, political and propaganda powers, not only escape punishment, but even claim righteousness, and as long as wars are started and nations are enslaved in order to win votes in elections, not only will the problems of the global community remain unsolved, but they will be increasingly exacerbated.” [32] (Sept. 23, 2008)

“Israel is doomed like an airplane that has lost an engine.” [33] (Sept. 23, 2008)

"Whatever they do, Iran will continue its activities. Sanctions are not important," he said. "The era of (uranium enrichment) suspension has ended." [34] (Sept. 18, 2008)

"While some say the idea of Greater Israel has expired… I say the idea of a Lesser Israel has expired, too." [35] (Sept. 18, 2008)

“The Zionist regime is a regime that will disappear.” [36] (Sept, 18, 2008)

“The Zionist regime is an artificial regime… a fictitious regime” [37] (Sept. 18, 2008)

"When the root of most problems in the world traces back to the White House, it is a waste of time to expect this body (the UNSC) to be the solution to any crisis," [38] (Sept. 18, 2008)

“Iran considered supporting the Palestinians its religious and national duty and would stay beside the Palestinian nation 'until the big victory feast which is the collapse of the Zionist regime (Israel).” [39] (Sept. 12, 2008)

"In whichever negotiation we take part ... it is unequivocally with the view to the realization of Iran's nuclear right and the Iranian nation would not retreat one iota from its rights." [40] (Aug. 2, 2008)
"On the nuclear issue ... the enemies were not able to stop our nation and will never succeed in stopping our program." [41] (June 26, 2008)

“You should know that the criminal and terrorist Zionist regime which has 60 years of plundering, aggression and crimes in its file has reached the end of its work and will soon disappear off the geographical scene." [42] (June 2, 2008)

“They should know that regional nations hate this fake and criminal regime and if the smallest and briefest chance is given to regional nations they will destroy (it).” [43] (May 14, 2008)

“Those who think they can revive the stinking corpse of the usurping and fake Israeli regime by throwing a birthday party are seriously mistaken." [44] (May 8, 2008)

“Today the reason for the Zionist regime's existence is questioned, and this regime is on its way to annihilation." [45] (May 8, 2008)

"Presidency of a woman in a country that boasts its gunmanship is unlikely…Do you think a black candidate would be allowed to be president in the U.S.?” [46] (May 1, 2008)

"The Iranian nation will have the final victory in the nuclear arena. No power will be able to obstruct the movement of the Iranian nation. The Iranian nation has overcome the superpowers and is standing on the victor's podium. All powers are beneath the Iranian nation's feet.” [47] (Feb. 29, 2008)

"The Iranian nation's will to continue nuclear work has won over the will of big powers… (and) brought them to their knees.” [48] (Feb. 20, 2008)

“World powers have created a black and dirty microbe named the Zionist regime and have unleashed it like a savage animal on the nations of the region.” [49] (Feb. 20, 2008)

“I warn you to abandon the filthy Zionist entity that has reached the end of the line… accept that the life of Zionists will sooner or later come to an end.” [50] (Jan. 30, 2008)

“It is impossible that the Zionist regime will survive. We are disappointed that some individuals fell victim to the sinister Zionist regime. They are mistaken if they thought that this summit will bring any achievements for them.” [51] (Nov. 28, 2007)

“I wish the name of Saudi Arabia was not among those attending the Annapolis conference…Arab countries should be watchful in the face of the plots and deception of the Zionist enemy.” [52] (Nov. 26, 2007)

"The Iranian nation has entered the phase of industrial scale of nuclear fuel [production] and the train of the Iranian nation's progress is irreversible.” [53] (Nov. 8, 2007)

"Canada and Alaska have vast lands, why don't you relocate them [Israeli Jews] over there and keep helping them over there with (aid of) 30 to 40 billion dollars per year for building a new existence over there." [54] (Oct. 5, 2007)

"They [world powers] should not think that the Iranian nation and other nations in the region will take off their hands off the throat of the Zionists and their supporters." [55] (Oct. 5, 2007)

"[The] creation of the Zionist regime, [and the] continuation of its existence... are an insult to human dignity." [56] (Oct. 5, 2007)

"In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country. We don't have that in our country. In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon. I don't know who's told you that we have it." [57] (Sept. 24, 2007)

“The Zionist regime is the flag bearer of violation and occupation and this regime is the flag of Satan…It is not unlikely that this regime be on the path to dissolution and deterioration when the philosophy behind its creation and survival is invalid.” [58] (Aug. 18, 2007)

"If you want to take the same path and issue [the] previous kinds of resolutions which had no effect on us again, the Iranian nation does not consider your resolutions to be worth a nickel coin." [59] (June 13, 2007)

"It is too late to stop the progress of Iran. Iran has passed the point where they wanted Iran to stop." [60] (June 5, 2007)

"The Iranian people are united behind the supreme leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) and will not step back one inch in their nuclear programme. Iran has become a nuclear country." [61] (June 3, 2007)

"With God's help, the countdown button for the destruction of the Zionist regime has been pushed by the hands of the children of Lebanon and Palestine. By God's will, we will witness the destruction of this regime in the near future." [62] (June 3, 2007)

"If Iran's right to nuclear technology is confirmed, all nations of the world will gather under Iran's political banner. Enemies of Islamic Iran know this, and for this reason they have mobilized." [63] (May 24, 2007)

"Iran possesses the nuclear fuel cycle at the industrial level and we want to use all the capacities of nuclear energy." [64] (May 2, 2007)

"The nation seeks peace and security all over the world and wants to have relations with all nations and states except for the Zionist regime." [65] (April 18, 2007)

"Zionists are the true incarnation of Satan." [66] (Feb. 28, 2007)

"…the United States and the Zionist regime of Israel will soon come to the end of their lives." [67] (Jan. 23, 2007)

"The Iranian nation will continue in its nuclear path powerfully and will celebrate a nuclear victory soon.” [68] (Dec. 20, 2006)

"Thanks to the grace of God and (the Iranian people's) resistance, we are on the final stage of the path to the nuclear peak. Not more than one step is left to be taken. By the end of the year, we will organize a celebration across the country to mark the stabilization of our nuclear rights." [69] (Dec. 5, 2006)

"We are determined to master fuel cycle, and commission some 60,000 centrifuges to meet our demands." [70] (Nov. 14, 2006)

"Israel is destined for destruction and will soon disappear." [71] (Nov. 13, 2006)

"Today the Iranian nation's (nuclear) strength is ten times stronger than it was last year at the beginning of this glorious path.” [72] (Oct. 23, 2006)

"The Security Council, in Its Present Condition, is Illegitimate; Its Resolutions Are Illegitimate." [73] (Oct. 20, 2006)

"The Whole World Knows That America and England Are the Enemies of the Iranian Nation." [74] (Oct. 20, 2006)

"The real cure for the conflict is elimination of the Zionist regime." [75] (Aug. 3, 2006)

"Nations in the region will be more furious every day, and it will not be long before this intense fury will lead to a huge explosion." [76] (July 8, 2006)

"The waves of fury of Muslim nations will not be confined within the boundaries of the region, and the people who close their ears to the cries of the Palestinians and blindly support this regime will be responsible for the consequences." [77] (July 8, 2006)

"Today the Palestinian nation's will is the greatest power in the Middle East and by voting in favor of Hamas the Palestinians emphasized their ideal of resistance till the liberation of their country and the enemies cannot confront that will." [78] (Feb. 20, 2006)

"The Palestinians' vote in this election was to the liberation of the entire occupied territories through continuation of resistance and the establishment of an independent Palestinian country." [79] (Feb. 20, 2006)

"Some Western governments, in particular the U.S., approve of the sacrilege on the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), while denial of the `Myth of Holocaust', based on which the Zionists have been exerting pressure upon other countries for the past 60 years and kill the innocent Palestinians, is considered as a crime." [80] (Feb. 11, 2006)

"We must prepare ourselves to rule the world and the only way to do that is to put forth views on the basis of the Expectation of Return [the return of the Mahdi]." [81] (Jan. 5, 2006)

"They have created a myth in the name of the Holocaust and consider it above God, religion and the prophets." [82] (Dec. 14, 2005)

"Some Europeans countries insist on saying that Hitler killed millions of innocent Jews in furnaces…Although we don't accept this claim…If the Europeans are honest they should give some of their provinces in Europe-like in Germany, Austria or other countries-to the Zionists and the Zionists can establish their state in Europe." [83] (Dec. 8, 2005)

"Anybody who recognises Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury, [while] any [Islamic leader] who recognises the Zionist regime means he is acknowledging the surrender and defeat of the Islamic world." [84] (Oct. 26, 2005)

"The Islamic world will not let its historic enemy live in its heartland." [85] (Oct. 26, 2005)

"… with respect to the needs of Islamic countries, we are ready to transfer nuclear know-how to these countries." [86] (Sept. 15, 2005)

"One of our group told me that, when I started to say 'In the name of God, the almighty, the merciful', he saw a light around me and I was placed inside this aura. I felt it myself. I felt the atmosphere suddenly change and, for those 27 or 28 minutes, the leaders of the world did not blink." [87] (Sept. 2005)

"Have no doubt… Allah willing, Islam will conquer what? It will conquer all the mountain tops of the world." (July 25, 2005) [88]

Footnotes:

[1] Oleksyn, Veronika, “Report: Iran ready for 'comprehensive' talks,” Associated Press, Sept. 11, 2009, http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j9EVzzCsT-QwKFtWDzgF6ZLue6BgD9AL1EA00

[2] Nasseri, Ladane and Sheikholeslami, Ali, "Ahmadinejad Rules Out Nuclear Concessions, Urges Obama Debate," Bloomberg News, Sept. 7, 2009, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aa7mTee2kpoU

[3] Zuckerman, Mortimer, “The World Cannot Live With the Threat of a Nuclear Iran,” USA Today, March 23, 2009, http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/mzuckerman/2009/03/23/the-world-cannot-live-with-the-threat-of-a-nuclear-iran.html

[4] Kessler, Glenn and Erdbrink, Thomas, “Iran 'Closer' to Nuclear Weapon: Tehran Has Nearly Enough Low-Enriched Uranium, U.S. Official Says,” The Washington Post, Sept. 10, 2009, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2009/09/09/AR2009090901701.html

[5] Kole, William J., “UN: Questions About Military Aspects on Iran nukes,” The Associated Press, Aug. 28, 2009, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090829/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_nuclear_agency_iran

[6] Bryant, Lisa, “IAEA Board Discusses Iran's Nuclear Program,’ VOA News, Sept. 7, 2009, http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-07-voa23.cfm

[7] Kessler, Glenn and Erdbrink, Thomas, “Iran 'Closer' to Nuclear Weapon: Tehran Has Nearly Enough Low-Enriched Uranium, U.S. Official Says,” The Washington Post, Sept. 10, 2009, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2009/09/09/AR2009090901701.html

[8] Nasseri, Ladane and Sheikholeslami, Ali, "Ahmadinejad Rules Out Nuclear Concessions, Urges Obama Debate," Bloomberg News, Sept. 7, 2009, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aa7mTee2kpoU

[9] Deshmukh, Jay, "Iran's nuclear rights 'not negotiable': Ahmadinejad," Agence France-Presse, Sept. 7, 2009, http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j5SD6kHI1ltoxveHt9syTX1169Mw

[10] "Ahmadinejad, Chavez unite against 'imperialism'," Japan Today, Sept. 5, 2009, http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/ahmadinejad-chavez-unite-against-imperialism

[11] "Iran's Ahmadinejad may face battle over new cabinet," Reuters, Aug. 30, 2009, http://in.news.yahoo.com/137/20090830/760/twl-iran-s-ahmadinejad-may-face-battle-o.html

[12] "Iran slams neighbor states for serving Israel's interests," Xinhua, Aug. 17, 2009, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/17/content_11893571.htm

[13] "Ahmadinejad condemns Europe's post-election attitude towards Iran," Deutsche Welle, Aug. 16, 2009, http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4575223,00.html

[14] Johnson, Anna, "Iran Election: Ahmadinejad Accuses Opponents of 'Hitler-Like' Tactics," The Huffington Post, June 10, 2009, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/10/iran-election-ahmadinejad_n_213931.html

[15] "Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in his Own Words," Anti-Defamation League, May 3, 2009, http://www.adl.org/main_International_Affairs/ahmadinejad_words.htm?Multi_page_sections=sHeading_2

[16] "Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in his Own Words," Anti-Defamation League, May 3, 2009, http://www.adl.org/main_International_Affairs/ahmadinejad_words.htm?Multi_page_sections=sHeading_2

[17] Hosseinian, Zahra, “Iran tells U.S. to show change in policy not tactics,” Reuters, Jan. 28, 2009, http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE50R1SX20090128

[18] “Iran leader wants U.S. apology for past 'crimes',” MSNBC, Jan. 28, 2009, retrieved Jan. 29, 2009 from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28890746/

[19] “President Ahmadinejad: Re-examination of the Holocaust is like cutting the vital arteries of Zionism,” IRNA, Jan. 27, 2009, http://www5.irna.ir/AR/View/FullStory/?NewsId=323311

[20] “President Ahmadinejad: Re-examination of the Holocaust is like cutting the vital arteries of Zionism,” IRNA, Jan. 27, 2009, http://www5.irna.ir/AR/View/FullStory/?NewsId=323311

[21] “President Ahmadinejad: Re-examination of the Holocaust is like cutting the vital arteries of Zionism,” IRNA, Jan. 27, 2009, http://www5.irna.ir/AR/View/FullStory/?NewsId=323311

[22] “President Ahmadinejad: Re-examination of the Holocaust is like cutting the vital arteries of Zionism,” IRNA, Jan. 27, 2009, http://www5.irna.ir/AR/View/FullStory/?NewsId=323311

[23] Erdbrink, Thomas, “Iran’s Leader Says he Plans to Avoid Prejudging Obama,” The Washington Post, Jan. 16, 2009, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/15/AR2009011503830.html,

[24] “Tensions Worsen in Arab Region,” Assyrian International News Agency (AINA), Dec. 30, 2008, http://www.aina.org/news/20081230175650.htm

[25] “President: Gaza, Test Field for So-Called Human Rights Advocates,” FARS News Agency, Dec. 28, 2008, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8710081639

[26] “President: Bullying Powers Doomed to Fail,” IRNA, Dec. 25, 2008, http://www5.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=309902&idLanguage=3

[27] “Iran President Says His Country Never Recognizes Israel,” China View, Dec. 16, 2008, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/16/content_10515185.htm

[28] “Iran President Urges Resistance to ‘Greedy’ Capitalism,” AFP, Nov. 29, 2008, http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hULHHB58SsEIk9bVpEP8j8T54N-g

[29] “Ahmadinejad: ‘If [The Zionists] Themselves Do Not Wrap Up Zionism... The Peoples Will Wipe These Germs of Corruption Off the Face of the Earth,’” MEMRI, Oct. 2, 2008,
http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=iran&ID=SP206808

[30] Abramowitz, Michael; Lynch, Colum, “In U.N. Speech, Bush Focuses on Terrorism,” The Washington Post, Sept. 24, 2008,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/09/23/ST2008092300033.html

[31] H.E. Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 23, 2008,
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/iran_en.pdf

[32] “Ahmadinejad: 'American empire' nearing its end,” CNN, Sept. 24, 2008, http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/23/ahmadinejad.us/index.html

[33] Boudreaux, Richard, “Iran president blames Wall Street turmoil on U.S. 'military engagement',” The Los Angeles Times, Sept. 23, 2008,
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran23-2008sep23,0,2913574.story

[34] Hafezi, Parisa, “Iran Vows No Nuclear Retreat, Despite Sanctions Threat,” Reuters, Sept. 18, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSDAH72628420080918

[35] “Ahmadinejad says Israel won't survive,” The Independent, Sept. 18, 2008, http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/saturday-magazine/features/ahmadinejad-says-israel-wont-survive-935088.html

[36] “Myth of Iran Wiping Israel Off the Map Dispelled”, Press TV, Sept 18. 2008 http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=69866§ionid=3510302

[37] Ibid.

[38] “Iran questions UN Security Council legitimacy,” Press TV, Sept. 18. 2008, http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=69945§ionid=351020101

[39] “Ahmadinejad: Iran will support Hamas until collapse of Israel,” Haaretz, Sept. 13, 2008, http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1020630.html

[40] Dahl, Fredrik, “Iran, on Deadline Day, Vows no Nuclear Retreat,” Reuters, Aug. 2, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSDAH26515520080802

[41] “Iran Says ‘Enemies’ Won’t Stop Nuclear Work: Agency,” Reuters, June 26, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSHAF62786620080626

[42] Stewart, Phil, “Ahmadinejad calls Israel “false regime” of Zionists,” Reuters, June 3, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL0369980720080604?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0

[43] Dahl, Fredrik, “Iran’s Ahmadinejad says Israel “dying,”” Reuters, May 14, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSHOS43245220080514?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0

[44] “Ahmadinejad brands Israel a ‘stinking corpse,’” AFP, May 8, 2008, http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ix-viVGAnfS1RHJGzZHSGjnzDIXg

[45] Ibid.

[46] Cooper, Helene, “Obama Close to Clinton on Foreign Policy Issues,” The International Herald Tribune, Nov. 16, 2008, http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/16/america/clinton.php

[47] “Iran: World powers will not prevent us from pursuing our nuclear ambitions,” Daily Mail, Feb. 29, 2008, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=522872&in_page_id=1811

[48] Hafezi, Parisa, “Iran says Atomic Drive Brings Powers to their Knees,” Reuters, Feb. 20, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL2061801920080220?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=22&sp=true

[49] “Ahmadinejad in new attack on 'savage animal' Israel,” AFP, Feb. 20, 2008, http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g_nrxYSrTbp_LIZcVU4VGCBpQ0hQ

[50] Fathi, Nazila, “Iran to produce nuclear energy by 2009, Ahmadinejad says,” International Herald Tribune, Jan. 31, 2008, http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/31/mideast/nukes.php;
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/news/article_1389100
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[51] “Interview With President Bush; Republican Presidential Candidates Prepare For CNN/YouTube Debate,” CNN, Nov. 28, 2007, http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0711/28/sitroom.03.html

[52] “Ahmadinejad disappointed from Saudi participation in Annapolis conference,” Al Bawaba, Nov. 26, 2007, http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Saudi%20Arabia/219317

[53] Murphy, Dan, “Iranian President Announces Nuclear Milestone,” CS Monitor, Nov. 8, 2007, http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1107/p99s04-duts.html

[54] "Anti-Israeli Demonstrations Start in Iran," Fars News Agency, Oct. 5, 2007, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8607130398

[55] "Iran marks Jerusalem Day," Aljazeera, Oct. 5, 2007, http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/877E8E21-01A0-4498-B67F-7FD645096470.htm

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For Tehran, Talk Is Cheap
Gordon G. Chang, 09.11.09, 12:01 AM EDT
Iran promises international dialogue while building its nuclear capabilities.
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On Wednesday, Tehran submitted to Germany and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council a proposal to restart talks with the international community. "We hope that we can organize a new round of negotiations within the framework of the new package," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said earlier this week.

If there is one thing Iran wants to do, it is to talk. While the international community talked to Tehran about its nuclear program--or at least tried to--Iranian technicians made substantial progress in enriching uranium. Hassan Rowhani, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator from 2003 to 2005, admitted in a series of interviews that he had entered into discussions with the European Union--then leading the West's negotiations with Tehran--for the purpose of buying time so that his country could develop its nuclear technology and present "a fait accompli" that "would change the entire equation."
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Dore Gold, in his new book, The Rise of Nuclear Iran, notes that, while Rowhani talked with Europe, Iran secretly completed its Isfahan uranium conversion plant and then proceeded to convert 37 tons of yellowcake into uranium hexafluoride. During that period, the Iranians also increased the number of their centrifuges from 164 to nearly a thousand. All of these technical steps permitted the "atomic ayatollahs" to set the stage for actually enriching uranium.

What is the significance of uranium enrichment? Uranium, if enriched to a sufficient degree, can be used as the core of a reliable and easy-to-assemble nuclear weapon.

So far, Iran has produced only lowly enriched uranium, which is suitable for generating electricity. Yet Iran now has--or is close to having--enough lowly enriched uranium for an atomic bomb should it decide to enrich further, at least according to Glyn Davies, Washington's chief representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog. This means Iran is just months from having all the components for its first locally produced nuke.

Now that the Iranians are closer to building a bomb--or "changing the equation," to use Rowhani's words--they seem less willing to engage with the international community. "We will never negotiate Iran's undeniable rights," said Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Monday. Yet the hardline Iranian president did not foreclose all communication with other nations. "We are ready to discuss world issues with the U.S. president in the presence of mass media," he said. "The time of hidden agreements is over, and television debates are the best way."

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If we applied the situation in Iran to a poker game, I would say the West has a pretty bad hand. The situation is very delicate and complex. First, the question arises whether an attack on the Irania....

Ahmadinejad's provocative comments foreshadowed the contents of his government's proposals delivered Wednesday. Tehran's submission has not been made public, yet it appears that Iran has taken its nuclear program off the bargaining table. Instead, the Iranians suggest the international community begin a general discussion of world affairs. "What we got was a request for a holistic conversation," said a Western diplomat to the Washington Post.

It's clear the Islamic Republic is not willing to engage in meaningful discussions with the rest of the world about its suspected nuclear weapons program. That tough position is consistent with its recent dealings with the International Atomic Energy Agency. As Mohamed ElBaradei, the outgoing head of the IAEA, admitted this week, he had reached a "stalemate" with the Iranians, who were no longer cooperating on open issues.

And why should they? Tehran's mullahs know they can stall the West indefinitely by continually holding out the prospect of negotiations. They also have the support of Moscow and Beijing, which are using the Iranian nuclear crisis to bedevil Washington. Moreover, Caracas, which announced it was creating an "axis of unity" with Iran, stands behind them. The grand Atlantic Alliance, which had defeated groups of fearsome opponents last century, appears helpless in the face of thuggish mullahs in this one. Iran's theocrats surely sense the failure of Western will.

There is one more factor encouraging the Iranians at this moment. Iran's leadership has looked at America's feeble response to North Korea's Kim Jong Il and seen a big green light for its own nuclear ambitions. Henry Sokolski, the American proliferation expert, has written that Iranian officials have asked him only one question: How will Washington handle North Korea?

The answer, unfortunately, is poorly. The Bush administration, for instance, allowed the Chinese to promote dialogue with Pyongyang while preventing an enduring solution. Three-party talks--the U.S., China and North Korea--began in April 2003, and they were replaced by six-party ones in the following August with the addition of South Korea, Japan and Russia. In April 2003, the North Koreans did not have the bomb. Today, after fruitless discussions and a series of meaningless agreements, they have tested two of them--one in October 2006 and the other this May.

So far, Kim's abhorrent state has paid no price for first hiding its nuclear weapons program and now negotiating in bad faith with the international community--the same things Iran is now doing. This should come as no surprise--there have been reports that the North Koreans have been schooling the Iranians on how to deceive ElBaradei's IAEA. And when it comes to nuclear matters, the two nations are as thick as thieves. Iranian observers were on hand for both of North Korea's nuclear detonations, and North Korea has sold the Iranians at least one nuclear reactor, the one Israeli planes destroyed in the Syrian desert in September 2007.

The North Koreans, for their part, have recently announced a uranium triumph of their own. Last Friday, Pyongyang stated it was in the "final stage" of uranium enrichment--after recent denials it even had a uranium program--and making weapons-grade plutonium. North Korea has declared it will not return to the six-party talks or give up its arsenal of bombs. We should expect Iran to follow in Pyongyang's path and deceive the international community while arming itself.

At both ends of Asia, Iran and North Korea are racing to build the world's most destructive weapons while the U.S. and its Western partners essentially do nothing. Iranian and North Korean leaders continually promise to overturn the international system. Soon they will have the means to do so. The result of the West's inaction, therefore, could be catastrophic. We may soon pass from the best moment in history to the worst.

Gordon G. Chang is the author of The Coming Collapse of China. He writes a weekly column for Forbes.

If we applied the situation in Iran to a poker game, I would say the West has a pretty bad hand. The situation is very delicate and complex. First, the question arises whether an attack on the Irania
Posted by RogerAB | 09/11/09 05:26 PM EDT

Dear Mr. Chang, Again. Nice thought provoking article. Nunn would approve. But. The problem you describe will only continue to build. And increasingly become one not exclusively of nuclear weap [Read More]
Posted by Wanshui | 09/11/09 05:24 PM EDT


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ANALYSIS / Clock is ticking for Iran as Israel appears ready for strike
By Amos Harel

In the rare moments when it's not preoccupied with the decline of U.S. President Barack Obama in the polls and with the debate over its government's proposed health-care reforms, the American press continues to deal almost obsessively with another pressing issue: the deadlock in efforts to stop Iran's nuclear program and the growing likelihood that the endgame will be an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.

In the past few weeks alone, an editorial in The Wall Street Journal warned the president that the United States must put a quick halt to the Iranian nuclear program, because otherwise Israel will bomb the facilities.

"An Israeli strike on Iran would be the most dangerous foreign policy issue President Obama could face," the paper wrote.
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Former vice president Dick Cheney revealed that while in office he supported an American strike against Iran, but was compelled to accept the approach of president George W. Bush, who preferred the diplomatic route.

Another Republican ultra-hawk, former ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, maintains that additional sanctions alone will not be enough to make the Iranians abandon their nuclear ambitions. William Cohen, who served as secretary of defense during Bill Clinton's second presidential term (1997-2001), says that "there is a countdown taking place" and that Israel "is not going to sit indifferently on the sidelines and watch Iran continue on its way toward a nuclear-weapons capability."

The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, explains that "a very narrow window" exists between the possibility of resolving the issue and an attack on Iran.

An op-ed in The Los Angeles Times states (with some justification) that if Iran does not respond in September to the demands made of it, the world should brace itself for an Israeli attack. However, the author adds (mistakenly) that in the event of an Israeli strike, Obama "will probably learn of the operation from CNN rather than the CIA."

This month will mark a critical juncture in Iran's race for nuclear capability. The timetable is getting ever shorter: Most Western intelligence services share the assessment that over the course of 2010, Iran will accumulate sufficient fissionable material to produce two or three nuclear bombs. If the Iranians succeed in dispersing this material among a large number of secret sites, it will reduce the likelihood that the project can be stopped.

Even though Obama has now been in office for seven and a half months, Tehran has not responded to his offer to engage in direct dialogue about the nuclear issue.

At first the talks were deferred in anticipation of the Iranian presidential elections in June, then because of the internal crisis that erupted there in their wake, and now the regime is engaging in additional - and typical - delay tactics. Last week, for the first time, Tehran announced readiness in principle to conduct negotiations with the international community.

Peaceful enrichment

The European Union appears to want to reach a decision on the subject ahead of the authorization of a fourth round of international sanctions against Iran, in the context of the G-20 conference to be held in Pittsburgh in about two weeks. Israel is apprehensive that the Americans may delay a final decision until December.

The impression gained by Israelis who have visited Washington lately is that Obama is gradually backing away from the Bush administration's fundamental demand that Iran cease to enrich uranium as a precondition for beginning a dialogue.

Subsequently, they believe, the United States will offer Iran the following compromise: The Iranians will be allowed to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes (under tight international supervision), the previous sanctions imposed on Iran will be lifted and the two sides will reach understandings concerning Iran's interests in a number of arenas, notably Iraq, ahead of the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from there.

Obama would be able to present such an arrangement as an accomplishment. After all, before the election in November he promised to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb, not to force it to stop enriching uranium. From Israel's point of view, however, this will probably not be enough.

According to Maj. Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland, former head of Israel's National Security Council, "The United States was ready to sign an agreement to that effect Thursday. The prospect that Iran will agree, despite the temptation of gaining international recognition for its right to enrich uranium, remains small."

In his view, "For its strategy to succeed, America needs a broad and binding international coalition. I still don't see them getting Russia and China to back such a move, and their support is essential."

Despite its fear that Iran will use the peaceful enrichment go-ahead to continue advancing secretly toward a bomb, Israel might, as a fallback position, accept such a compromise as long as it is clear that the international supervision is strong enough and that, in anticipation of the likely eventuality Iran will be found cheating, a broad coalition to toughen the sanctions is put together in advance.

If the dialogue fails, or never begins, more severe sanctions might be put into place: a ban on the purchase of oil from Iran and on the export of petroleum distillates to it, or even a maritime embargo. But the potential effectiveness of these moves, with Tehran already well past the halfway mark toward achieving its goal, is in doubt.

Looking the other way

So, the moment of truth will arrive at some point between the end of 2009 and the middle of 2010: Should Iran be attacked? American experts agree that this would involve an Israeli strike. It is very unlikely that Obama will be the one dispatching American planes to Natanz.

During the past year, military experts and commentators are increasingly coming around to the view that the Israel Air Force is capable of executing the mission. The Israel Defense Forces was significantly upgraded during the tenure of Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi. The goal, it is argued, is not to liquidate the Iranian project but to set it back. According to this line of thought, if an attack, American or Israeli, causes a couple of years' delay in the project it will have achieved its aim. Similarly, before launching the attack on the Iraqi reactor in 1981, Israel did not foresee the chain of events that finally forced Saddam Hussein to forgo his nuclear ambitions.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak take a similar view of the Iranian threat. At least, that is what both their public statements and their comments in closed meetings suggest.

For an Israeli attack to be considered, Israel would need the tacit approval of the Obama administration, if only in the sense that it looks the other way. This is due above all to the necessity of passing through the Iraqi air corridor, as American soldiers will still be in Iraq in 2011. No less important is strategic coordination for the day after: How will the United States react to a prolonged aerial attack by Israel on the nuclear sites and to the regional flare-up that might follow?

These are matters that would have to be agreed on directly between Obama and Netanyahu. The disparity in their policy stances, together with the total lack of personal chemistry between them, is liable to prove a hindrance.

Iran is likely to respond to an Israeli attack by opening fronts nearby, via Hezbollah from Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. Three years after the Second Lebanon War and at the end of a broad process of learning lessons from that conflict, the IDF is quite confident of its ability to deal with Hezbollah. At the same time, it's clear that Israel will be subjected to extensive rocket attacks that can be expected to cover most of the country.

A key question would be Syria's behavior. Israel has a salient interest in having Damascus be no more than a spectator in a confrontation. If the attack on Iran is perceived to have been successful, that is probably how the Syrians will respond.

But an attack on Iran will reopen a decades-old blood feud - and the Iranians have both a long memory and a great deal of patience. With decisions like this looming within a year, it's no wonder that Netanyahu wants to get the Gilad Shalit affair wrapped up.

A decision to attack Iran would mean that the IDF bears central responsibility for resolving the nuclear threat. In the years when Mossad director Meir Dagan held prime minister Ariel Sharon in his thrall (and even more so his successor, Ehud Olmert), the general belief was that the espionage agency could, together with political efforts, contain the Iranian nuclear project. And, indeed, if Western intelligence services had to push back their forecasts repeatedly over the past decade regarding when the project would be completed, it's a safe bet that not all of Iran's delays were due to divine providence. At present, however, no action looms - other than an attack - that is capable of preventing Iran from achieving its goal.

Deep and impressive cooperation exists between the IDF and the Mossad in many arenas. But this is clouded by professional differences and personal friction between the heads of the two organizations. In a few cases, it even looked as though the two were merrily pouring salt on each others' wounds.
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1. TRANSLATION: War Lovers Winning in Israel 13:57 | Mark Lincoln 11/09/09
2. Only Fox - Rupert Murdoch`s News Corp 14:00 | Mark Lincoln 11/09/09
3. "The Israeli Air Force is capable". The mullah has been warned! 14:34 | Realist 11/09/09
4. Sigh. Well, goodbye Israel, nice knowin` ya... 14:52 | BBSNews 11/09/09
5. :: Lets focus on Israel`s illegal WMDs 15:38 | Matty Groves 11/09/09
6. This is all sheer propaganda 16:31 | American in NY 11/09/09
7. to matty groves - iran is building a bomb 16:32 | adam 11/09/09
8. to #5 There is no equivalency 16:33 | Akiva 11/09/09
9. Meanwhile, deep in the forest, Matty Groves continues to froth 16:33 | Jacob Blues 11/09/09
10. Afgahistan, Illegal Immigration, Michel Jackson 19:30 | Wellington 11/09/09
11. George Bush turned over Iraqi air space back to Iraq 19:32 | binny 11/09/09
12. Adios israel 19:35 | Truthibitter 11/09/09
13. To #1 -- You have no idea what you are talking about 19:38 | Josh 11/09/09
14. Brass Balls 19:43 | Paul 11/09/09
15. Good! Here`s a check list, Israel 19:43 | Morris Valentine 11/09/09
16. To the pro-Israel posters 19:51 | Josh 11/09/09
17. adam, Iran could have struck with chemicals for years... 20:01 | BBSNews 11/09/09
18. Akiva, Iran`s not threatened Israel ever, on the other hand... 20:06 | BBSNews 11/09/09
19. adam - you are wrong on so many fronts! 20:10 | Steve 11/09/09
20. Jacob Blues, your comment could be simply turned around... 20:11 | BBSNews 11/09/09
21. Well put Matty Groves 20:18 | Claudia 11/09/09
22. `Clock is ticking for Iran as Israel appears ready for strike ` 20:25 | Colin Wright 11/09/09
23. Are you kidding me matty!! 20:26 | Sammy 11/09/09
24. #15 20:59 | Viewer 11/09/09
25. Iran threatening to attack Iran BBS? 22:14 | Jacob Blues 11/09/09
26. Iran states intent to destroy Israel, Article 51 permits action