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Quote by: Autolykos Also note that Iran is free to proceed with uranium enrichment under the Non-Proliferation Treaty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-pro...ear_technology
Basically, the people in power here in the US are acting on "faith" -- namely, the "faith" that Iran is enriching uranium not for nuclear power, but for nuclear weapons, which they will proceed to use against the US. :rolleyes:
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there's more to it than simply the NPT..
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On 18 December 2003, Ambassador Salehi of Iran and the Director General of the IAEA signed an Additional Protocol to Iran's NPT safeguards agreement, granting Agency inspectors greater authority in verifying the country's nuclear programme. Iran has stated that it is acting in accordance with the Protocol's provisions, pending the Protocol's formal entry into force. The Additional Protocol requires States to provide an expanded declaration of their nuclear activities and grants the Agency broader rights of access to sites in the country.
Since February 2003, the IAEA has been heavily engaged in the verification of the Iranian programme and its history. As IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei reported to the Agency's Board in November 2003, the IAEA's ability to reach a conclusion on the nature of Iran's nuclear programme and the correctness and completeness of Iran's declaration of its nuclear activities will very much depend on the Agency being allowed by Iran to implement in full the verification measures provided for in the safeguards agreement and the Additional Protocol that Iran has now concluded with the IAEA - and on Iran's pursuing a policy of full transparency and co-operation.
In his report to the Board at that time, Dr. ElBaradei stated that "Iran has committed itself to a policy of full disclosure and has decided, as a confidence building measure, not only to sign the Additional Protocol, making way for more robust and comprehensive inspections, but also to take the important step of suspending all enrichment related and reprocessing activities and to accept IAEA verification of this suspension. These are positive and welcome steps which I very much hope will be sustained."
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iran renegged on the additional protocols, so they are not currently acting in good faith. it is entirely reasonable for us to ask them to halt uranium enrichment so that we could begin to negotiate in good faith. this source from the iaea was documented in 2003.. iran's complete about face should not be so summarily ignored.