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| Iran says making nuclear bombs a "great sin" |
| 2012-02-29 |
| Iran, facing growing international pressure over its nuclear program, called for more talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Tuesday and condemned production of atomic weapons as a "great sin." Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful but negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have stalled and Western powers have grown increasingly concerned over the possible military dimensions of Tehran's atomic work. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, in a speech to the U.N.-sponsored Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, said he expected talks to continue and that he was optimistic they would proceed in the right direction. "I would like to re-emphasize that we do not see any glory, pride or power in the nuclear weapons, quite the opposite based on the religious decree issued by our supreme leader, the production, possession, use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, are illegitimate, futile, harmful, dangerous and prohibited as a great sin," he said. However many in the Western camp were skeptical, with the IAEA saying no further talks were scheduled, given what Western diplomats have described as Iran's unwillingness to address allegations of military nuclear research. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 Tawriya. good article, tipper. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-02-29 14:01 |
| #5 Playing for time, first of all, and that new word...tarawiya? It is not a lie by a Muslim when the spoken words are narrowly understood by the speaker and completely and deliberately misleading to the listener. Closing his eyes, "I don't see him," he said, so the questioner continued the search elsewhere. In this case, it would be a sin for Israel or any of Iran's opponents to make atomic weapons, with which they might fight off Iran's jihad. It perhaps might be a sin -- though as Anonymoose points out, not if aimed at enemies of Islam as defined by the speaker, or perhaps if sin is defined as resulting in harm to Iran -- for Iran to produce atomic weapons at the moment he is speaking. And of course, Iran's nuclear weapons program is peaceful in that once the unbelievers and enemies have submitted to the threat of Iran's nukes, there will be peace...for Iran's rulers, at least. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-02-29 13:43 |
| #4 I cannot even begin to imagine what audience this guy is playing to. Nobody believes it. Nobody believes anybody else will believe it. Not even Obumble. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-02-29 11:24 |
| #3 This is actually funny. Like saying they wouldn't build nuclear weapons because the Catholic Pope wouldn't approve. There is no original sin in Islam. In fact, the very idea of sin in Islam is almost a nonsequitur, because they believe Allen is omnipotent and everything is predestined. Thus there is also no need for repentance, and forgiveness is also nebulous. And most of all, they clearly believe that a Muslim can do anything they want to infidels, assuming it is hostile, without it being a sin. Not just making, but *using* nuclear weapons against infidels would be "A-O.K." as far as Allen is concerned. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-02-29 09:24 |
| #2 Good morning Mike. I don't see much on the possible strategy of Iran regarding Saudi Arabia. It looks to me that the Saudi have been encircled. I understand the Persians invented chess. Knowing how they like to play the media game could they be working on securing interests in oil there. We now have several choke points on the flow of oil here. The Arab spring could have been or will be worked to the advantage of Iran. I believe Iran longs for the days of history past. Mecca would be a supreme necleus of power. Whirlwind of a propaganda event. In politics of our time the bait and switch technique is a very common pratice. Should this be true then their efforts with Isreal will now be tempered. Saved for another day while the python coils about its prey. |
| Posted by: Dale 2012-02-29 07:58 |
| #1 ....Clearly then, if building bombs is wrong, they don't wanna be right. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2012-02-29 05:44 |