Though the comment in and of itself isn’t anything new, former IAEA official Olli Heinonen became the latest to officially announce that Iran’s well documented uranium stockpile has enough uranium that, with further enrichment, could be used “for one to two nuclear weapons.”
Which of course I pointed out over three months ago right here on Antiwar.com. And since Iran’s stockpile didn’t vanish at any point between then and now, the statement is still as true today as it was then.
Heinonen then pointed out that while this is true “in theory” it makes no sense for Iran to try to create nuclear weapons with its stockpile, but having already used the words Iran and “nuclear weapons” in the same sentence, this part of the comment can safely be glossed over in favor of gasps of panic.
Iran has been enriching the vast majority of its uranium to 3.6% for use in its Bushehr nuclear power plant, with a smaller effort to enrich to 20% for fuel for its US-built medical reactor in Tehran. Though Western officials have expressed concern at Iran’s stockpile, its size is largely a function of US rejection of a third party enrichment deal which would have sent much of this uranium abroad for processing.
The west wants new front, they ignore Israel but chase Iran is non sense. West has no concept or imagination of new world order. Muslims are almost 2 billion and can develope very fast then what will happen?
Though the comment in and of itself isn’t anything new, former IAEA official Olli Heinonen became the latest to officially '
They should require statements from individual like this to have a tag saying this is a paid opinion.
They should also require a look at the bank accounts of these experts. I suspect most will show a large deposit just prior to the statement. The war mongers really make a lot of money getting American kids kill so they have plenty of funds for paid "experts".
Since he is no longer an officer of the IAEA, how can his statement be official? It is just a comment by a rather stupid individual!
Thanks, Jason, for putting this story in proper perspective.
I refer readers again to VIPS comments, i.e. Ray McGovern and colleagues which are clear. The balls in Israel's court and the USA has given them tacit or explicit approval to do what they want. This could easily evolve into regional conflict. There are some other little known agendas for Israel to attack Iran. Don't forget, Hezbollah (but they are not of God). One of those little known agendas is that Iran has a plan to destroy the Bahai Holy Places on Mount Carmel and eventually to eliminate Bahais from Iran. Anyone who studies history and knows the facts cannot ignore this. I realize the Bahai Faith is not a priority these days for any country. One important and dangerous development that has taken place currently, is that the Iranian gov has compiled a comprehensive list of the Bahais. Historically, planned genocide has most often been the motive for compiling such lists. The Iranian gov has lost much credibility in the eyes of the people of Iran, so they are looking for a scapegoat. If they can whip up conservative Muslim sentiments against the Bahais,this would take the heat off their regime and be a ready excuse to execute and jail more Bahais.