Iran nuclear plan roll fresh Sanctions

Iran nuclear plan roll fresh Sanctions:
2010-02-10 07:04:40 - US President appreciated Russia's role and said there were all indications that Iran was moving towards weaponisation programme, and "if Iran's attitude does not change, the next step would be sanctions against them."China’s inbuilt relation with Iran are on its reliance on crude oil imports and build infrastructure, being member the Security Council as a permanent member in 1971and used its veto power twice may either be absent or excute its option.

US President Barack Obama expressed confidence that the international community was unified around Iran's misbehaviour "How China operates at the Security Council as we pursue sanctions is something that we're going to have to see," Obama told reporters at the White House.The President was pleased to see how "forward-leaning" the Russians have been on the issue. "I think they clearly
have seen that Iran hasn't been serious about solving what was a solvable dispute between Iran and the international community," he said.

Obama, in response to a question, said international community bent over backwards to say to Iran that they were willing to have a constructive conversation on how the Islamic republic could align itself with the international norms and rules and re-enter as full member of the community.The most obvious attempt was when the international community offered Iran to convert some of low-enriched uranium, that they already have, into the isotopes that they need for their medical research and for hospitals that would serve up to a million Iranian citizens, Obama said."They rejected it - although one of the difficulties in dealing with Iran over the last several months was that it was not clear who was speaking on behalf of the government, and we got a lot of different, mixed signals," he said. "But what's clear was that they have not said yes to an agreement that Russia, China, Germany, France, Britain and the US all said was a good deal
and the director of the IAEA said that the right thing to do was to accept it," Obama said.
Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P J Crowley said that Iranian decision to improve their processing to 20 per cent was an unnecessary step and "they were working against their own long-term self-interest".
He said that Iran had missed an opportunity to engage constructively and seriously with the international community despite it "bent over backwards" in an attempt to provide the Islamic nation the benefits of civilian nuclear programme.
The State Department official said that Iran decision to improve their processing to 20 per cent as "provocative and it deepens our concern about what Iran's real intentions are and the country was technically not capable of doing the processing.

Crowley said the international community had put forward the Tehran Research Reactor proposal "in good-faith and thinking it to be practical and doable". "But if Iran did not want to accept it, there were others available. What really had to happen here was for Iran to sit down, identify what it really felt it needs, and work with the international community constructively on potential solutions, and in doing so start to build confidence about its intentions," Crowley said.
He said that the US would continue to consult with its counterparts within the P-5 plus on the process.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Tuesday threatened new sanctions against Iran, saying that Tehran has the right to make peaceful use of nuclear power, but must refrain from any nuclear armament."If Iran continues to refuse talks, then talks at the United Nations is inevitable, and we'll have to talk about new measures," said Westerwelle.He made the statement as Iran announced on Tuesday that it began to produce 20-percent enriched uranium.

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, meanwhile, said he believed the UN should slap new sanctions on Iran in “weeks, not months according to his spokesman.Netanyahu, however, wants to see immediate action.
“Iran is racing forward to produce nuclear weapons in brazen defiance of the international community Netanyahu told EU ambassadors during a meeting on Tuesday in Jerusalem. “And the international community must decide if it is serious about neutralizing this threat to Israel, the region and the entire world. I believe that what is required right now is tough action from the international communityWhat was needed was not “moderate sanctions or watered down sanctions but rather “crippling sanctions, and these sanctions must be applied right now he said.

Irans Atomic Energy Organization Director Ali-Akbar Salehi said in Press that the door to talks on a nuclear swap deal with the West is still openWe have the capability to enrich uranium to any percentage we wish, but we asked the IAE Agency to ask other countries that could supply the 20-percent enriched uranium because we did not want to go beyond five percent. But they did not respond Salehi told Press TV in a live interview on Tuesday. Further added that Iran could not let its Tehran Research Reactor, in needs 20-percent enriched uranium, run out of fuel because it produces medical radioisotopes for about 850,000 patients in Iran.

“All we have asked the West or countries that have the capacity to produce the fuel is 'Please supply us with the fuel�� he explained.Salehi said that Iran is still ready to send its 3.5-percent enriched uranium abroad when it receives the 20-percent enriched nuclear fuelIt should be simultaneous, and we accept the custody of the agency in Iran. The uranium can be under the custody of the agency in Iran and it could be sealed until the time we receive the 20-percent enriched uranium from the outside he addedSo the deal is still on the table. If they come forward and supply the fuel, then we will stop the 20-percent enrichment Salehi said.Media agencies;
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