[QUOTE]Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Iran is starting design work on a new nuclear reactor, the head of the country's Atomic Energy Organization said Wednesday, according to Iranian media.
The design should be complete in two to three years and the reactor should be operational within five, Ali Akbar Salehi told the official Islamic Republic News Agency.
The remarks come a week after the United Nations Security Council slapped new sanctions on Iran as punishment for its controversial nuclear program.
The United States and its allies believe Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons. Iran denies it, saying its nuclear program is for energy and medical research.
Salehi described the planned new facility as a "research reactor." Iran currently has a research reactor which produces medical isotopes.
Another Iranian news agency, IRIB, quoted him as saying Iran planned to build four new reactors "in the four corners of the country."
The semi-official Fars news agency quoted him as saying Iran planned to build "a number of reactors" around the country "to produce nuclear medicines for domestic use and for export."
Iran reiterated its hard line on enriching its own uranium, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
It will "under no circumstances" stop enriching uranium to 20 percent, the speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani said, according to Fars. Uranium enriched to 20 percent is capable of producing a nuclear chain reaction.
Larijani said Iran was responding to the so-called "P5 plus one" countries "ignoring" international rules about supplying fuel to the Tehran Research Reactor.
The P5 plus one countries -- China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States -- are negotiating as a group with Iran over its nuclear program.
Larijani also warned that efforts to enforce some of the U.N. sanctions could lead to retaliation.
"We warn the United States and other adventurous countries that if they are tempted to search the cargo of Iranian ships and planes they can be sure that we will take it out on their ships in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman," he said.
The U.S. Navy maintains ships in the region.
"This tit for tat is part of our defense of our national interests," Larijani said.
Iran warned before the sanctions vote June 9 that it would break off negotiations if the Security Council imposed them.
It was the fourth round of sanctions to be put on Iran since 2006.
Iran also took a step towards reducing its cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Tabnak website reported.
Lawmakers approved a draft measure to ban IAEA inspectors from the county for six months. The proposal must still be approved by various parliamentary committees and the full parliament before coming into effect.[/QUOTE]
Source: [url]http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/06/16/iran.nuclear/index.html[/url]
Annnnnnd Israel comes in with bombers.
Tit for tat.
Nuclear launch detected.
Iran is a theocratic dictatorship.
These type of nations never end well.
Blow it up.
Thumb images, please?
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;22670826]Thumb images, please?[/QUOTE]
Oh God I didn't realize how big they were. Sorry, they're gone.
With all these power players working in tandem to negotiate this, you'd think they'd do a better job. Obviously this approach, sanctions and general bullying, isn't working.
[QUOTE=Mr. Ambleu;22670336]Nuclear launch detected.[/QUOTE]
FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUCKK
I FORGOT TO BUILD ANTI-NUKES!
/Supreme Commander
[QUOTE=paul simon;22671017]FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUCKK
I FORGOT TO BUILD ANTI-NUKES!
/Supreme Commander[/QUOTE]
more like starcraft
[QUOTE=Aznalt888;22671316]more like starcraft[/QUOTE]
tHERE ARE NO ANTI NUKES IN STARCRAFT
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and Iran is not making nukes
I predict war in the future between Israel and Arabic nations.
Such as Iran
[QUOTE=Dr Pepper;22671970]I predict war in the future between Israel and Arabic nations.
Such as Iran[/QUOTE]
That's a given.
It's not a matter of if, but when.
[QUOTE=Dr Pepper;22671970]I predict war in the future between Israel and Arabic nations.
Such as Iran[/QUOTE]
cuz Iran is Arabic
[QUOTE=abcpea;22671842]and Iran is not making nukes[/QUOTE]
Could you cite your sources in the intelligence community for us please
[QUOTE=Dr Pepper;22671970]I predict war in the future between Israel and Arabic nations.
Such as Iran[/QUOTE]
Iran isn't Arabic; it's Persian
3% of the people are Arabs
[QUOTE=Dr Pepper;22671970]I predict war in the future between Israel and Arabic nations.
Such as Iran[/QUOTE]
You have no idea what you're talking about. First off, iran isn't an arab nation. Second, arab nations hate persians and vice versa.
[QUOTE=Regulas021;22672023]cuz Iran is Arabic
Could you cite your sources in the intelligence community for us please[/QUOTE]
"We are not making nukes." -Iran
so what?
Iran isn't a threat
It's okay, America has Ramirez, he can throw his tac knife at the nuke
Guys, you are fucking idiots if you think Iran can even build a fucking reactor let alone a Nuke
They still haven't gotten a fucking reactor that was 80% completed from 1978 operational despite paying the Russians hundreds of millions of dollars to get it working.
I stopped blaming Iran a loooong time ago.
Iran has fulfilled the West’s request by allowing IAEA inspectors within their facilities as well as agreeing to the nuclear swap deal. Iran also never said they’ll wipe Israel off the map, the translation was wrong, he actually said “The Iman said that the regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time” meaning the Zionist regime should end.
The fact they still slap sanctions on Iran even though they agree to their terms is ridiculous.
[QUOTE=starpluck;22675004]I stopped blaming Iran a loooong time ago.
Iran has fulfilled the West’s request by allowing IAEA inspectors within their facilities as well as agreeing to the nuclear swap deal. Iran also never said they’ll wipe Israel off the map, the translation was wrong, he actually said “The Iman said that the regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time” meaning the Zionist regime should end.
The fact they still slap sanctions on Iran even though they agree to their terms is ridiculous.[/QUOTE]
How is what Ahmadinejad said relevant? It's pretty obvious that they don't like Israel and being the theocratic regime they are, it's not hard to see them doing something stupid.
They aren't agreeing to the terms, they are still enriching uranium themselves. It even says in the OP that they passes legislation banning IAEA incpectors from the country for six months. Plus they are even threatening anyone who wants to enforce the sanctions with retaliation. I'm pretty sure it's their fault.
sounds like a job for TF141
COD NERDS TO THE RESCUE
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[QUOTE=starpluck;22675004]I stopped blaming Iran a loooong time ago.
Iran has fulfilled the West’s request by allowing IAEA inspectors within their facilities as well as agreeing to the nuclear swap deal. Iran also never said they’ll wipe Israel off the map, the translation was wrong, he actually said “The Iman said that the regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time” meaning the Zionist regime should end.
The fact they still slap sanctions on Iran even though they agree to their terms is ridiculous.[/QUOTE]
So basically they say that Israel shouldn't have a government? Because I don't see how Israel could have a government that isn't Zionist. (Since Zionism today means "supporting Israel").
Jet pilots go
What happens if a taliban gets 25 killstreak?
Why are people getting all raging over this.
Iran said they had a peaceful civilian nuclear programme, we're just being a bunch of cunts about it.
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