Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Iran makes progress in heavy-water atomic plant (Reuters)

Per non appesantire ho tolto un brano di background.
 Un trasparente ricatto l'ultimo la dichiarazione del presidente del 
parlamento iraniano, IMHO.
Ah, e pare che in un sondaggio israeliano Bibi Netanyahu sarebbe 
favorito in caso di nuove elezioni. 
Penso che i due fatti non siano slegati.
Am.
 Iran makes progress in heavy-water atomic plant
By Parisa Hafezi  10 minutes ago
ARAK, Iran (Reuters) - Iran has completed a new phase in its Arak 
heavy-water reactor plant, a presidential official said on Saturday, 
referring to part of Iran's atomic program which the West fears is aimed 
at producing bombs.
The announcement comes days before a U.N. deadline for Iran to halt 
uranium enrichment, the part of the program which is the biggest worry 
to the West. But the latest development is likely to raise further fears 
in Western capitals.
The presidential official said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would give 
a speech later in the day "announcing that the heavy-water project has 
become operational."
Iran is building a heavy-water nuclear reactor at Arak, 120 miles 
southwest of the capital Tehran. The plant's plutonium by-product could 
be used to make atomic warheads.
An Iranian nuclear official said this week that heavy water production 
itself was not a proliferation risk but a Western diplomat said such a 
move would not be a constructive step.
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The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution on July 31 giving Iran 30 
days to halt enrichment or face possible sanctions. The resolution also 
cited a call by the IAEA for Iran to reconsider construction of its 
heavy water reactor project.
Iran's deputy parliament speaker, Mohammad Reza Bahonar, warned the West 
in comments published by Iran's Sharq newspaper on Saturday that putting 
pressure on the country could prompt public calls for Iran to pursue a 
weapons program.
"Be afraid of the day that the Iranian nation comes into the streets and 
stages demonstrations to ask the government to produce nuclear weapons 
to combat the threats," he said.
Iranian officials consistently say Iran has no plans to build atomic 
weapons. Iran's highest authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali 
Khamenei, has issued a religious decree, saying making, stockpiling or 
using nuclear weapons was against Islamic beliefs, the official IRNA 
news agency reported in August 2005.
Six world powers have offered Iran incentives to halt enrichment. But 
Iran has so far only hinted it might be ready to consider halting the 
work as a result of talks not as a precondition, which Western diplomats 
say was the crux of the package.
The reply seemed tailored to divide the four Western powers and Russia 
and China who agreed to the deadline on August 31.
The United States has said the six powers will move quickly to adopt 
sanctions if Iran disregards the deadline. Britain, Germany and France 
have been less conclusive in public.
Russia and China, both trade partners of Iran, have been unwilling and 
could veto sanctions in the Security Council.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060826/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_arak_dc_3

 favorito in caso di nuove elezioni.
pensi che agli iraniani ne freghi qualcosa di chi comanda israele?
Tanto i sionisti verranno comunque spazzati via dalla carta geografica,
anche i 3000 di hezbollah sono riusciti a dare scacco a tsahal