Great Spirit
03-30-2006, 07:07 PM
30 days and then we bomb the fuck out of Iran! Hull in another 130,000 troops! Bush will definately use force against Iran to fulfill his diabolical plans. God help us all.....
"I'm a war President" - George W. Bush
That doesn't look good for a country who claims to be the epitomy of peace and freedom.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4859540.stm
Iran has been given 30 days to return to the negotiating table or face isolation, foreign ministers from the US and five other major powers warned.
"Iran has a choice between isolation brought about through [uranium] enrichment" or a return to talks, Germany's foreign minister said.
His comments reinforced a deadline in a statement by the UN Security Council, which urged Iran to halt enrichment.
Iran has rejected the call, and insists its nuclear activities are peaceful.
However, the ministers at the talks in Berlin said the US, Russia, China and Europe remained intent on a "diplomatic solution" to the dispute.
The UK's Jack Straw warned sanctions could follow if Iran remained defiant, but Russia ruled out such a move.
'Miscalculated'
The meeting included the five veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council - the US, China, France, Russia and the UK - as well as Germany.
The foreign ministers were discussing what to do if Iran refused to drop its nuclear ambitions.
Their talks came a day after the UN Security Council finally approved a non-binding call on Iran to end uranium enrichment, after weeks of wrangling.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the meeting sent "a very strong signal to Iran that the international community is united".
The British foreign secretary said Iran had "miscalculated" by resuming its nuclear research activities.
"The onus is on Iran to show the international community that its programme is entirely for civil purposes and for no other," Mr Straw said.
When asked by reporters if the Council might pass a legally binding resolution if Iran did not comply, he said: "It can certainly include a resolution... and the possibility of measures after that."
Asked if such measures could include sanctions, he said: "It could do."
However, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country remained opposed to such a move against the Islamic Republic.
The "sole solution" would come through the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), he said.
The 15-member Security Council unanimously approved the non-binding statement on Wednesday - one month after Iran's nuclear activities were reported to the Council by the IAEA.
The statement was the third version of a draft drawn up by France and the UK, which made significant concessions to Russia and China.
Moscow and Beijing, both allies of Iran, were concerned that Security Council involvement could lead to sanctions against Iran and wanted the IAEA to take the lead.
Iran was defiant. "We will not, definitely, suspend enrichment," its ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Aliasghar Soltaniyeh, said earlier on Thursday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Tehran was still open to talks on the issue with the IAEA, but that there was "mistrust" over negotiations with European nations.
He condemned the West's "unjustified propaganda", insisting that Iran's nuclear programme was peaceful.
"I'm a war President" - George W. Bush
That doesn't look good for a country who claims to be the epitomy of peace and freedom.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4859540.stm
Iran has been given 30 days to return to the negotiating table or face isolation, foreign ministers from the US and five other major powers warned.
"Iran has a choice between isolation brought about through [uranium] enrichment" or a return to talks, Germany's foreign minister said.
His comments reinforced a deadline in a statement by the UN Security Council, which urged Iran to halt enrichment.
Iran has rejected the call, and insists its nuclear activities are peaceful.
However, the ministers at the talks in Berlin said the US, Russia, China and Europe remained intent on a "diplomatic solution" to the dispute.
The UK's Jack Straw warned sanctions could follow if Iran remained defiant, but Russia ruled out such a move.
'Miscalculated'
The meeting included the five veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council - the US, China, France, Russia and the UK - as well as Germany.
The foreign ministers were discussing what to do if Iran refused to drop its nuclear ambitions.
Their talks came a day after the UN Security Council finally approved a non-binding call on Iran to end uranium enrichment, after weeks of wrangling.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the meeting sent "a very strong signal to Iran that the international community is united".
The British foreign secretary said Iran had "miscalculated" by resuming its nuclear research activities.
"The onus is on Iran to show the international community that its programme is entirely for civil purposes and for no other," Mr Straw said.
When asked by reporters if the Council might pass a legally binding resolution if Iran did not comply, he said: "It can certainly include a resolution... and the possibility of measures after that."
Asked if such measures could include sanctions, he said: "It could do."
However, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country remained opposed to such a move against the Islamic Republic.
The "sole solution" would come through the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), he said.
The 15-member Security Council unanimously approved the non-binding statement on Wednesday - one month after Iran's nuclear activities were reported to the Council by the IAEA.
The statement was the third version of a draft drawn up by France and the UK, which made significant concessions to Russia and China.
Moscow and Beijing, both allies of Iran, were concerned that Security Council involvement could lead to sanctions against Iran and wanted the IAEA to take the lead.
Iran was defiant. "We will not, definitely, suspend enrichment," its ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Aliasghar Soltaniyeh, said earlier on Thursday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Tehran was still open to talks on the issue with the IAEA, but that there was "mistrust" over negotiations with European nations.
He condemned the West's "unjustified propaganda", insisting that Iran's nuclear programme was peaceful.