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I know, I know. You don't want to know.
Like that ostrich approach, head buried in sand.
If nothing else, this gives you time to whine in advance about Bush and Blair, because Iran is about to get their sh1t kicked.
Might ought to pay attention. This isn't just going to go away, and it will affect all.
Try being something besides reactionary for a change.
Maybe if the Ayatollah were gay; or was trying to decide what kind of beans he preferred, it would get your attention and concern.
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer
20 minutes ago
TEHRAN, Iran -
Iran resumed uranium conversion activities at its Isfahan nuclear facility Monday, a step that Europeans and the United States warned would prompt them to seek U.N. sanctions against Tehran.
Work resumed at the conversion facility quickly after inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog finished installing surveillance equipment there and seals on equipment were removed.
The move came a day before the
International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, is to hold an emergency meeting at which it could consider referring Tehran to the
U.N. Security Council, which could impose sanctions. Germany, France and the U.S. have said they would likely recommend doing so if work at Isfahan resumes.
Iran had suspended work at the plant and its other nuclear facilities in November to avoid sanctions and as a gesture in negotiations with the Europeans.
The resumption escalates a confrontation between Iran and the West over its nuclear program, which the Europeans have been trying to persuade the Iranians to sharply limit.
But Iran on Saturday rejected European proposals for it to curtail the program in return for economic incentives.
Germany, France and the United States have said that if Iran restarts work in Isfahan, they would seek to have Tehran referred to the U.N. Security Council, which could impose economic sanctions.
The United States accuses Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons, while Iran insists its program aims only to produce electricity.
Iran also has insisted it has the right to develop the entire fuel cycle — from raw uranium to the fuel for a reactor. Europe fears that if Iran can develop fuel on its own, it also will secretly produce material for a bomb.
The conversion facility, 10 miles southeast of the historical city of Isfahan, carried out an early stage of the fuel cycle, turning raw uranium, known as yellowcake, into gas, the feedstock for enrichment.
"The uranium conversion facility restarted its work a few minutes ago," the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported Monday.
In the next stage of the process — which Iran has said it will not resume for the time being — the gas is fed in centrifuges for enrichment. Uranium enriched to a low level is used to produce nuclear fuel and further enrichment makes it suitable for use in atomic bomb.
Like that ostrich approach, head buried in sand.
If nothing else, this gives you time to whine in advance about Bush and Blair, because Iran is about to get their sh1t kicked.
Might ought to pay attention. This isn't just going to go away, and it will affect all.
Try being something besides reactionary for a change.
Maybe if the Ayatollah were gay; or was trying to decide what kind of beans he preferred, it would get your attention and concern.
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer
20 minutes ago
TEHRAN, Iran -
Iran resumed uranium conversion activities at its Isfahan nuclear facility Monday, a step that Europeans and the United States warned would prompt them to seek U.N. sanctions against Tehran.
Work resumed at the conversion facility quickly after inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog finished installing surveillance equipment there and seals on equipment were removed.
The move came a day before the
International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, is to hold an emergency meeting at which it could consider referring Tehran to the
U.N. Security Council, which could impose sanctions. Germany, France and the U.S. have said they would likely recommend doing so if work at Isfahan resumes.
Iran had suspended work at the plant and its other nuclear facilities in November to avoid sanctions and as a gesture in negotiations with the Europeans.
The resumption escalates a confrontation between Iran and the West over its nuclear program, which the Europeans have been trying to persuade the Iranians to sharply limit.
But Iran on Saturday rejected European proposals for it to curtail the program in return for economic incentives.
Germany, France and the United States have said that if Iran restarts work in Isfahan, they would seek to have Tehran referred to the U.N. Security Council, which could impose economic sanctions.
The United States accuses Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons, while Iran insists its program aims only to produce electricity.
Iran also has insisted it has the right to develop the entire fuel cycle — from raw uranium to the fuel for a reactor. Europe fears that if Iran can develop fuel on its own, it also will secretly produce material for a bomb.
The conversion facility, 10 miles southeast of the historical city of Isfahan, carried out an early stage of the fuel cycle, turning raw uranium, known as yellowcake, into gas, the feedstock for enrichment.
"The uranium conversion facility restarted its work a few minutes ago," the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported Monday.
In the next stage of the process — which Iran has said it will not resume for the time being — the gas is fed in centrifuges for enrichment. Uranium enriched to a low level is used to produce nuclear fuel and further enrichment makes it suitable for use in atomic bomb.
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