Urgent Need for Genuine Solution

January 31, 2014

“I would like [to] remove any doubts. We want a peaceful, diplomatic solution; everyone prefers this over any other solution. But this must be a genuine solution. There is much to learn from the solution in Syria regarding the chemical weapons. There, Russia and others correctly insisted on the full dismantlement of Syria's chemical weapons.”

Netanyahu continued to compare Iran and Syria solutions by stating, “We think that it is possible to achieve a better agreement, and this demands persistence and stubbornness, of course. But such an agreement, in my view, will really lead to a peaceful, diplomatic conclusion to the crisis over weapons of mass destruction, just as it did in Syria.”

Saudi Arabia has also been strongly stressing the need for a “genuine solution” in talks with Iran. When US Secretary of State John Kerry was in Riyadh speaking with leaders of Saudi Arabia, he was told to not trust Tehran and to tighten sanctions even more. The Saudis believe that anything short of Iran giving up their nuclear program completely would be a grave mistake.

Anti-aircraft guns guard Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant, Iran
www.wikipedia.org/Hamed Saber In Iran, there are citizens who are skeptical that their country will follow the course that could possibly be laid out in negotiations. Ynetnews reported one student in Iran as saying, “the Islamic republic ‘relies entirely on the distorted ideology of its leaders, and I do not believe that Iran will take any steps back from some of the issues that are on the negotiating table with the West.’” The student also talked about how PM Netanyahu was correct in calling for tougher sanctions. He claimed that removal of sanctions will only empower the extremists even more.

A watchdog on the nuclear capabilities of Iran, iranwatch.org, has pulled statistics from the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) that show just how close Iran may be to a nuclear bomb. The website states that “by using the approximately 9,200 first-generation centrifuges operating at its Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant, Iran could theoretically produce enough weapon-grade uranium to fuel a single nuclear warhead in about 1.6 months.” The group is also stating that there are more advanced centrifuges being installed in Natanz. These would make it possible for Iran to speed up its production of weapon grade uranium. The reports are also showing that Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium is enough to fuel approximately six nuclear warheads when enriched further. There is an urgent need for a genuine solution to end the threat of a nuclear-Iran.

Source: By Leslie McLinden, Staff Writer