The United Nations(UN) found a hidden nuclear plant that they think Iran wanted to use for building weapons. Iran claims that the plant is being used for nuclear power. Iran has built secret nuclear plants in the past, which is why the UN is suspicious. However, Iran's President Ahmadinejad was not technically breaking the UN's rules(yet). The the UN does not need to be informed of a nuclear site until 180 days before the actual nuclear material is brought there, and Ahmadinejad can say that was the case. He did officially notify the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that Iran has a new nuclear facility after Iran found out that their plant was no longer secret. Obama has stated that Ira is defying the IAEA. There will be a conference in Geneva on Oct 1 for the UN to talk to Iran about world security.
I think that the UN is trying to establish their own authority. The counties in the UN(US, UK, Russia, China, France, and Germany) who are going to conference with Iran will probably put restrictions on Iran's nuclear future. This is good because no one wants nuclear weapons to be used, but bad for Iran if they actually wanted to build nuclear power plants.
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I think its kind of scary how one or two powerful people can do all this shady business and try to thwart the world. I don't think I feel very safe knowing that the Iranian president can build nuclear power plants whenever he wants to.
ReplyDeletei also read this article and read this line.[quote]By U.S. estimates, Iran is one to five years away from having a nuclear weapons capability, although U.S. intelligence also believes that Iranian leaders have not yet made the decision to build a weapon.[unquote]
ReplyDeleteIf Iran is having these secret facilities of nuclear power I want to know what the UN thinks theyre doing with it all then???