Chutzpa epitomized: Ahmadinejad: We don't have to tell Obama of every nuclear plant we have

Engage this, Mr Obama. Ahmadinejad has no problem lying, and has no problem defending his lies. According to him, the Non-Proliferation Treaty Iran signed doesn't obligate him to report a little thing like a nuclear plant. And the most interesting thing is, Ahmadinejad will probably get away with it.

 

Obama's saying "I am not naive" is a bit like Nixon saying "I am not a crook." You hear it, but you say, "Yeah, but he really is, you know."

 

Ami Isseroff

 

Last update - 19:39 25/09/2009       
Ahmadinejad: We don't have to tell Obama of every nuclear plant we have
By Haaretz Service and Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News, Iran

 

Iran was not obliged to tell the Obama administration of every uranium enrichment plant it has, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday, turning up the heat in a dispute over Tehran's nuclear program.

 

"This does not mean we must inform Mr. Obama's administration of every facility that we have," he told Time magazine in an interview when asked about U.S. President Barack Obama's charge on Friday that a nuclear fuel plant Iran disclosed this week had been built secretly.

 

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"We have no secrecy, we work within the framework of the IAEA," Ahmadinejad told Time in a reference to the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Ahmadinejad's comments came after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the IAEA must investigate Iran's newly disclosed uranium enrichment plant and Tehran must take immediate steps to show its program is peaceful.

 

"This is now a clear challenge to the international community," Clinton told reporters in New York after Iran told the IAEA it had a second uranium enrichment plant under construction. The disclosure by Iran came just as six world powers and Iran prepare for rare talks on Oct. 1.

 

"This facility sharpens our sense of urgency and underscores Iran's absolute need to engage seriously with us on October 1 and take immediate steps to demonstrate the exclusively peaceful nature of their nuclear program," she said after a meeting with Belgium's foreign minister.

 

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry released a statement following the revelation of the second plat, saying "In light of Iran's continuing deception, the international community must step up its demands that Iran halt its enrichment and reprocessing work."

 

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor today issued the following statement after it was revealed that a second uranium enrichment plant exists in Iran:

 

"Iran is a real-time security threat to the United States, Israel, and our allies around the world. A nuclear Iran is closer than many thought it was yesterday, and the problem is getting worse by the day, not better.

 

"The existence of a second uranium enrichment facility not only undercuts the Administration's policy toward Iran, but leaves little doubt that terrorist nations are not to be trusted or negotiated with diplomatically. Congress should act immediately to give the President the tools he needs to implement sanctions on Iran by passing the bipartisan Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act."

 

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor issued a statement Friday saying Iran "is a real-time security threat to the United States, Israel, and our allies around the world. A nuclear Iran is closer than many thought it was yesterday, and the problem is getting worse by the day, not better."

 

Cantor added, "The existence of a second uranium enrichment facility not only undercuts the Administration's policy toward Iran, but leaves little doubt that terrorist nations are not to be trusted or negotiated with diplomatically."

 

Russia: Revelation of Iranian facility disturbing

 

Russian news agencies are quoting President Dmitry Medvedev's spokeswoman as saying the revelation of the secret uranium-enrichment plant in Iran is disturbing.

 

Russia also has urged Iran to provide proof the nuclear program is peaceful by the meeting on October 1st.

 

Russia's statements could indicate they are willing to join Western nations in stepping up pressure on Iran.

 

ITAR-Tass quoted Natalya Timakova as saying Friday during the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh that Medvedev will make a statement about Iran's nuclear program.

 

Timakova was quoted as saying the statement would take into account new
developments that cannot but disturb us.

 

She said the developments included Iran's recent declaration to the UN nuclear agency, apparently referring to what officials have said was Iran's acknowledgment of a second uranium-enrichment plant it had kept secret.

 

China responded to news of the secret neactor by saying that they hope Iran "will cooperate with the IAEA on this matter."