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    IRAN IS ON THE WAY TO NUCLEAR POWERS
    Karine Ter-Sahakyan

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    26.02.2009 GMT+04:00

    If we believe the English paper "The Times", Washington is considering
    the previously unthinkable variant - to turn to Iran with the request
    to use her territory for deliveries.

    Iran successfully completed the Bushehr nuclear power plant trial
    run, thus taking the first step towards the nuclear powers. However,
    Russia has had her role in the realization of this step, and it was
    rather predictable. The atomic station "Bushehr" has been built for
    30 years. Russia joined the construction process only in 1995, while
    before it the construction works were carried out by western companies,
    which also supplied the power plant with part of the equipment that
    has been kept in the site for more than 20 years.

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ It's quit clear that "Bushehr" is part of Iran's
    nuclear program, because of which, by the hand of 43rd US President
    George Bush, this country became a Â"social outcastÂ". However,
    the reality is that not so much the "Bushehr" as the centrifuges at
    Natanz pose a real threat to the world. As fuel the Iranian power
    plant uses lead and not enriched uranium, the latter being necessary
    only for full-power operation of the reactor and pretending to become
    the nuclei of the atomic industry of Iran. By the way, this is what
    the world community fears most. However, for some unknown reasons, the
    same world community does not fear of the nuclear weapons of Pakistan,
    which is more dangerous than Iran. Possibly the reason is that Israel
    stands closer to Iran than to Pakistan. And even if this theory is
    not quite true, it is at least tempting - to blame the omnipresent
    Jewish lobby for everything. By the way, this is what Tehran has been
    engaged in for quite a while.

    Times are changing however, and what was impossible yesterday may today
    be a necessity. As a matter of principle, there is nothing strange
    here - nothing is impossible in politics, especially when it comes
    to the interests of power states. After the closure of the air base
    "Manas", the United States have been looking for new paths to deliver
    goods to Afghanistan, desirably bypassing Russia. ¾ of the goods go
    through Pakistan but lately there have been cases of attacking convoys
    and acts of sabotage on the roads, especially in the region of Khyber
    Pass. Islamabad Government is unable to guarantee security. Thus,
    there remains only the southern way, i.e. Iran. If we believe the
    English paper "The Times", Washington is considering the previously
    unthinkable variant - to turn to Iran with the request to use her
    territory for deliveries. By the way, Iran will be more compliant
    than the RF that laid down her terms: "Traffic must necessarily be
    of non-defense character". What will Iran require against the transit
    is still a question. Neither is it known whether Washington will turn
    to Iran or not. Most likely, the issue will be settled down after the
    Presidential Elections in Iran due in June. There is little time left,
    and if we also take into account that the USA is deeply concerned with
    the victory of ex-President Mohammad Khatami, we should be expecting
    certain changes in the region. In any case, even if current President
    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stays to power, he will have to reconsider his
    policy both towards the USA and Russia. After all, no one can guarantee
    that Moscow will not arrange the southern variant of the Â"gas warÂ"...

    Even the EU has begun to speak in favour of Iran. "The Nabucco
    project can be realized only with participation of Iran and Russia,"
    declared EC Energy Spokesman Ferran Tarradellas Espuny. Thus, Europe's
    dependence on the Russian gas will be somewhat neutralized through
    Iran. But nothing is certain even in this case. Everything depends
    on what Russia and the USA will offer Iran, taking into account that
    after all Iran is not Kyrgyzstan and she needs more than USD 2 billion
    and not in money terms.

    As for Russia and Iran, they are currently in the stage of discussions
    for a joint enterprise on operating the Bushehr atomic power plant. In
    the words of Sergei Kiriyenko, Head of Russia's state nuclear power
    corporation "Rosatom", "Iran and Russia are due to sign a long-term
    contract of minimum ten years on delivering nuclear fuel."
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