Moscow, Surprised, Disappointed...Oh!
Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, says Moscow has 'lost patience' with Iran. How truly interesting. Seems the International Atomic Energy Agency has reached its sad conclusion that Iran is up to no good. Which is preposterous, since the Islamic Republic of Iran's Supreme Leader has reasonably, rationally, and with rare good humour assured the world at large that the country has no intention whatever, of destabilizing either its neighbourhood or the world at large.Yet the United Nations proceeded in producing a report unequivocally accusing Iran of building a nuclear weapon. Life can be so unfair when other countries are jealous of a Muslim country's attainments. Iran has had to struggle against unfair adversity to reach its current status of nuclear advancement. And, of course, without the considerable expert assistance of Russian nuclear scientists and aid in building the technically demanding nuclear installments that success would have remained elusive.
Now, however, there is some discomfort within Russia: "Some questions remain on the table and Iran has so far not reacted to them. But they are rather serious and we need to understand how several documents concerning military nuclear technology found their way to Iran. Clear explanations are needed."
Wait for it, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is just champing at the bit to beg forgiveness, and President Ahmadinejad is more than prepared to admit personal chagrin for unseemly, uncivilized and regretfully belligerent threats.
Of course it was only a week ago that Vladimir Nazarof, deputy secretary of Russia's Security Council informed Interfax news that it intended to provide Iran with advanced S-300 missiles, despite the pleas by Israel that it suspend those plans. But, said Mr.Nazarof, the S-300 is an "exclusively defensive weapon" and as such not included within the international sanctions. For Iran needs the system to defend against an aerial strike.
Aerial strike? Now why would Iran anticipate that some rogue country might wish to strike the Islamic Republic? Might it be a country that Iran has time and again threatened to annihilate?
Just kidding, folks. Can't take a little bit of humour? Truth is, as has just been emphasized in the most emphatically honest manner, Iran would never dream of nuclear weaponization - because it is religiously forbidden.
"Recently", announced Iran's Supreme Leader, gravely, "some western and U.S. officials have been repeating some outdated and nonsensical comments that Iran is seeking to build nuclear weapons. Our religious beliefs are against the use of such weapons. We in no way believe in an atomic weapon and do not seek one." Still, it's a whole lot of fun enriching uranium to 20% and watching the world squirm.
Also interesting that religion forbids the use of 'such weapons', but not the encouragement and financing of terrorism, nor the proliferation of weapons, the incitement to hatred, and the violation of peoples' human rights inclusive of torture and beheadings. But such are the ways of religious interpretation of the rights and obligations of Ayatollahs and their creatures like the Republican Guard and the Basij to ensure enlightened order in their restive population.
Interesting too that as a result of a G20 report on money laundering and the funding of terrorism levelled against Iran and its enablers, Syria and Turkey, two of Germany's largest insurance companies are pulling out of Iran. All a dreadful misunderstanding, however, since the documents cited in the UN report were obviously "fabricated and thus do not have any validity", and we have this information on the good word of Iran's envoy to the IAEA.
For that dastardly report claimed, ever so erroneously, "Iran has not provided the necessary co-operation to permit the agency to confirm that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities". Why would they, after all, given the Supreme Leader's promise a mere few days earlier to deliver a "stunning punch" to its detractors?
"The Iranian nation, with its unity and the grace of Allah, will punch the arrogance [Western powers] on the 22nd of Bahman [February 11) in a way that will leave them stunned." Right on, that's stunning news, 20% uranium enrichment to produce local power and medical isotopes.
Labels: Middle East, Technology, Terrorism, Traditions
posted by Pieface @ Saturday, February 20, 2010
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