Iran’s civil N-plan: another view
From the Newspaper | 13th June, 2012
THIS is apropos of Khalid Hussain’s letter “Iran’s civil nuclear programme” (June 9), in which he says if nuclear weapons and civil nuclear technologies are the rights of India and Israel, why can’t Iran enrich its uranium for its defence and peaceful purposes?
First, if Iran is enriching its uranium for peaceful power generation, why is Iran not allowing IAEA to visit its sites? Why is Iran doing all the acts of nuclear programme so evasively and secretly?
Why has the IAEA failed to reach a deal with Iran? If Iran is just enriching it for a civil purpose, why doesn’t it give sufficient proofs to the IAEA etc about this?
This can be the best way of making the opposition keep its mouth shut.
AUNIL MUNTAZIR
Karachi
I hope Aunil is aware that for more than a decade Irans nuclear programme is under intrusive verification, under
camera and has more frequent visits than most nuclear power generating countries. Besides the IAEA has maintained that it has not come across any case of diversion of objectives. Moreover, many intelligence agencies evenof the US have verified that no substantive proof exist that Iran is engaged in objectives contrary to IAEA charter.
Inspite thereof it is facing massive sanctions, propoganda and schemes aimed at strangulating it economically.
India and Israel and Pakistan included have done all their nuclear work towards nuclear weapons clandestinely. This by itself negates
any long winded debate on the subject by these countries.. and one fails to understand despite Israel deliberate
goading towards war why the UN never debates its nuclear arsenal developed under the aegis of the West.
The writer of the letter should wake up from his deep slumber and assess the facts and developments in the region
before championing the media onslaught against Iran which is continuing for several years now.