Iran's Ahmadinejad: nuclear issue "closed"

Iran's president has said his country's nuclear programme is now "closed" as a political issue. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the disputed work was in the hands of the UN nuclear watchdog.

And he criticised as "illegal" sanctions taken by the Security Council.

He said: "Previously they illegally insisted on politicising the Iranian nation's nuclear case but today, because of the resistance of the Iranian nation, the issue is back to the agency and I officially announce that in our opinion the nuclear issue of Iran is now closed and has turned into an ordinary agency matter."

Meanwhile, the US House of Representatives has passed legislation imposing sanctions on foreign energy companies that do business with Tehran.

European energy groups could well be among those affected. Iran relies on oil for up to 90 percent of the country's export earnings.

The text calls for a ban on nuclear assistance to countries which support Iran's atomic programme and sanctions for companies which invest there.

It also calls on the US State Department to put the Iranian Revolutionary Guards on its blacklist of terrorist organisations. Washington has long accused them of funding Shi'ite rebels in Iraq - something Tehran denies.

The move would make it easier for the US to freeze the Revolutionary Guard's funds.
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Sarkozy clarifies France's Iran policy

PARIS: Struggling to end speculation that France was prepared to go to war against Iran, President Nicolas Sarkozy took that option off the table, saying tougher sanctions eventually would change Tehran's behavior.

In an interview Friday evening before departing for his first appearance before the United Nations General Assembly this week, Sarkozy contradicted the war talk of his foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner.

Kouchner said in a radio and television interview on Sept. 16 that France was preparing for the "worst" scenario with Iran, "war," and spent much of his time since then declaring that he had been misunderstood.

"For my part, I don't use the word 'war,' " Sarkozy said. France's position, he added, is very clear: "No nuclear weapon for Iran, an arsenal of sanctions to convince them, negotiations, discussions, firmness. And I don't want to hear anything else that would not contribute usefully to the discussion today."

Breaking with traditional French policy, which has long resisted sanctions as a diplomatic weapon, Sarkozy laid out a far-reaching strategy to punish Iran economically - both through United Nations and European sanctions and by exerting pressure on French and other nations' corporations and banks not to do business there.
Sarkozy clarifies France's Iran policy - International Herald Tribune

Closed.........I don't think so.:D

Have a good one!:s4:

Sorry P4B, didn't you hear the man? The matter is closed. Now stop causing problems and start figuring out what Iran is doing right to not have a single homosexual on their land :D

LOL
I was just going to say, closed, huh? Can't wait until some powers open it right back up for them.

Okay, I think the Iranian president is dead wrong about the gay issue. I'm all for gay rights.

But the nuclear issue is a different story. It's starting to sound eerily familiar to the accusations Bush & Co were making about Iraq. Look what a miserable failure that has been! I simply don't trust what this administration says anymore.

A few of my good friends are Iranian and they all think this nuclear thing is a bunch of crap. The people there, not even the government wants war with any country. I have one friend who goes there almost every year for about a month between semesters and he says Americans would be surprised how "westernized" mainstream Iranian culture is. MTV is very popular! As are many American and British bands. They love shopping, going to movies and just about everything we like too.

And few people realize, but Iran is probably one of the most democratic countries in the Middle East, probably even more so than Israel. But it's not something you hear on the news in the US because they are, after all, part of this so-called "axis of evil". But they hold elections just like we do with liberals and conservatives competing for power. Last I heard was the liberals were starting to get more control back.

Yeah, the Iranian president says a lot of stupid things, so does Bush. It's not something we need to go to war over.

if another country wants the U.S. to follow their way of handling their nuclear programs, the U.S. would call their nuclear programs closed to their political issues.

so, why cant iran do the same????????????????????????:stoned: deep!

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Originally Posted by king of the world

if another country wants the U.S. to follow their way of handling their nuclear programs, the U.S. would call their nuclear programs closed to their political issues.

so, why cant iran do the same????????????????????????:stoned: deep!

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Because of the beliefs of the head Mullahs and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the Mahdi.

Have a good one!:s4:

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Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud

Because of the beliefs of the head Mullahs and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the Mahdi.

Have a good one!:s4:

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...and theres when you cross over from fact to crazy neo-conservative banter.