Threats of pain fuel Iran crisis "let the ball roll" says Javad Vaeedi

[seemslikeadream]

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18403925%255E663,00.html


Russia seemed to rule out tough council measures. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said sanctions against Iran would be ineffective and military action was not a solution.

"I don't think sanctions as a means to solve a crisis have ever achieved a goal in the recent history," Mr Lavrov said. In Beijing, China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing called for more negotiations, saying, "there is still room for co-operation" and "we support the European Union and Russian engagement with Iran".

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"The United States may have the power to cause harm and pain," Javad Vaeedi, a senior Iranian nuclear negotiator, told reporters. "But it is also susceptible to harm and pain.

"So if the United States wants to pursue that path, let the ball roll," he said.

[RufusEarl]

1. Iran, nuclear, petro dollars,

Here's a good link about this topic.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=KEE20060210&articleId=1936

[seemslikeadream]

2. Iran Calls Referral To U.N. 'Unjust'

http://www.wral.com/news/7842333/detail.html

Iran Calls Referral To U.N. 'Unjust'

POSTED: 9:07 am EST March 9, 2006
UPDATED: 9:07 am EST March 9, 2006

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran said Thursday it won't be bullied into abandoning its nuclear program, rejecting its referral to the U.N. Security Council as "unjust."

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, waves to supporters in western of Iran, Wednesday, March. 8, 2006. Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Iran has made its decision to pursue a peaceful nuclear program and the world has to give in to Iran's right for uranium enrichment. Ahmadienjad was apparently referring to the United States which has rejected a Russian proposal to allow Iran carry out research-scale uranium enrichment in return for suspension of large-scale enrichment.

"The people of Iran will not accept coercion and unjust decisions by international organizations," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by Iranian television during a visit to Iran's western province of Lorestan. "Enemies cannot force the Iranian people to relinquish their rights."

"The era of bullying and brutality is over," he added.

The statements came a day after Iran threatened the United States with "harm and pain" as the 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency ended a three-day meeting in Vienna, Austria, over Iran's nuclear program, formally opening the path to Security Council action.


http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060309/1014335.asp

VIENNA, Austria - With the stage set for a high-stakes U.N. Security Council debate next week on possible sanctions for Iran's nuclear program, Tehran on Wednesday warned the United States that it, too, can inflict "harm and pain" and hinted that its weapon could be oil.
John R. Bolton, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Iran's comments showed how much of a menace it was.

"Their threats show why leaving a country like that with a nuclear weapon is so dangerous," he told the Associated Press in a phone call from Washington.

Bolton classified the Iranian comments as "reflecting their determination to acquire weapons."

[dipsydoodle]

4. Iran, nuclear, petrodollars,

See this link to put the situation into historic perspective :

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Iran_KH.html

[bemildred]

3. "Bring it on!" he says. nt

[george_hurley]

5. ***PETITION TO SIGN: NO WAR WITH IRAN ***

Hello,

For the past year, the growing tensions mounting between the US, Israel, and Iran are reaching a point where military action against Iran is w/in months of becoming reality. The repercussions are terrifying as such military action could involve countries such as China and Russia as they share massive energy/economic interests w/ Iran. The most likely scenario we would face would be the collapse of the US economy as the combination of a massive rise in oil prices and a run on the US dollar would surely be the weapon many countries would use to fight back against a preemptive US or Israeli strike.

For a collection of articles and resources on this subject you can visit this link: http://reseaudesign.com/research/iran/iran_summery.html

I'm starting up a petition which I will be sending out to as many members of Congress as possible. I'm asking for help to get this signed by as many people, possible in the next month. Send it to as many people you can.

http://www.petitiononline.com/n0war1rn/



Also, here is another petition you can sign from another group:
http://stopwaroniran.org/statement.shtml




Thanks for your time

[genieroze]

6. Oh crap, more PO-ed people. Man we really are spreading love around

the world. :sarcasm: