Iran will press on with enrichment: nuclear chief | Reuters.
The situation with the West’s concern over Iran’s plans to enrich uranium continues and the head of Iran’s nuclear energy program stated they are moving forward. A few important points should be made regarding this article. The first is the fact Iran, at least on the surface, is trying to be rather open about their nuclear plans to the rest of the world. If they were trying to build a nuclear weapon in the shadows of what they are doing, they are the worst hiders of their actions in the history of the world. Just compare Iran’s actions to North Korea on this issue, for example.
The other important factor from this article has to do with a declaration the nuclear chief is making:
But he (Iran’s nuclear chief) also said Iran would continue and possibly raise its output of reactor fuel using 20 percent enriched uranium – which suggests that less of it might be available for use in what the West suspects is an attempt to develop atom bombs.
In other words, Iran is using their material, at the moment, for non-weaponized purposes and they want to increase that usage. Iran has a finite amount of nuclear materials so the fact they are looking to use up more of it for energy purposes only should be encouraged by the West. The faster they use their material up, the better for peace in the long run.
At this point, Iran has done nothing to show they are wanting to use their nuclear material for a nuclear bomb and there is seemingly no reason to begin a war over their actions. This could change in the future, no doubt, but the fact remains there is still no evidence Iran is a true threat to the world and the guns and missiles currently aimed at them should be holstered for now.
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