Showing posts with label Iran Thread. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iran Thread. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
UPDATE at 10:08 EST, Feb 11, 2010
Here we go -- from the NYT:
As security forces clashed with his opponents, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran was quoted on Thursday as saying his country had produced a first batch of uranium enriched to a level of 20 percent, taunting the West by declaring that if Tehran wanted to build a nuclear bomb, it would say so. Iran, he said, repeating an earlier assertion, was now “a nuclear state.”
Of course this is not unexpected -- and President Ahmadinejad continues to claim that Iran does not seek weaponization of their new stockpiles of HEU -- but what is clear is that both Ahmadeinejad and the Supreme Leader of Iran have placed joining the club of nuclear states at the center of their domestic and foreign policy agendas -- something that will make it near impossible to coerce or dissuade the Iranians from their current path.
While Ahmadinejad spoke, large protests surrounded the event, where police fired tear gas and arrested many -- among them the granddaughter of Ayatollah Khomenei -- the father of the Iranian Revolution.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
As Iran rolls on into its "ten days of dawn" celebration -- during which it has promised to "punch" the West/peeps they don't like -- several important stories have come out of the Islamic Republic the past few days. Here are the few we are following here at D&D -- check back soon for updates on these and more!
In the past 2 days Iran has announced new production of multiple high tech military technologies. Among these are new 120, 130mm mortar shells, laser guided anti-armor and anti-helicopter missiles, but perhaps more notable is Iran's opening of a new UAV/Drone factory. Coupled with the announced Iranian s-300 air defense knock-off (the subject of my previous Iran Thread Post), Iran has begun building military hardware at home that targeted sanctions have sought to deny them. Along with these announcements, Iran began enriching Uranium to 20% TODAY -- and has signalled its intent to build 10 new nuclear sites...
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