Iran Plans to Build Two More Reactors

ISTANBUL, Dec. 5 -- Iran plans to build two nuclear power plants in addition to the reactor expected to go online next year, officials and government news services said Monday.

Reports carried by state-controlled media emphasized that the plant would be built "using local technology," language apparently intended to dampen Western hopes of persuading Iran to outsource the most sensitive elements of a nuclear program -- uranium enrichment -- to Russia.

The board of the International Atomic Energy Agency is considering a U.S. request to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions over its nuclear program.

Abbas Milani, an Iran analyst at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, said Iran's hard-line press has been gloating over the agreement by European negotiators to resume talks, even though Iran broke an earlier agreement by resuming uranium conversion, a prelude to enrichment. "Basically the underlying tone is: 'We told you so. If you stand up to the West, they'll buckle,' " Abbas said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/05/AR2005120502085.html

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Because lets be honest here please. I think the primary reason the big 4 (Russia, France, UK, and the USA) don't welcome the prospect of a Nuclear Iran is that this would further weaken the their already weakend Monopoly on Nuclear Weapons. Nuclear Weapons bring status, and are used as a deterrend (except of course by our country, who we all know to have actually used these murderous weapons against civilian population centers). Why should we, and the other 5 countries to have them, dictate the rest of the world who has the 'right' to own them and who don't?

Very probably Iran is working towards making their own nuclear device. This entails a huge effort on the part of the state. Surely, they will not just hand it over to some crazy terrorist organisation to use at their disgression, so the fear that Terrorists can get a hold of these trough Iran is, in my opinion quite unfounded. If one is worried about this scenario, only Russia and Pakistan come to mind. The latters secret service is, after all, known and documented to have aided Al Quada and the Taliban on numerous occaisions, not in the least 9/11.

Iran IS a crazy terrorist organization!

Just because Iran hasn't invaded a country sine the Iran-Iraq war of the early 80's doesn't mean that they are not dangerous.

How many civilians have died from the actions of Hezbollah and Hamas who are supported by Iran?

The clerical government of Iran is a direct product of CIA support for the Shah. If the U.S. had not supported a dictator just because he was friendly to the oil corporations they would have a secular government today. Nonetheless, the hypocrisy by the west in the case of nukes is on display for all the world to see.

places. (sarcasm) Hamas and Hezbollah agrees with you if you think the terrorism and suicide bombers are all Israel's fault but I think Israel has the right to exist and defend itself. Why don't you read up on the history of Israel and find out why it came into existence?

Only 1 that I'm aware of in modern times-the United States-since embassies are considered to be sovereign soil.