16th NAM Summit: Support for Iranian Nuclear Energy Program

The group of 120 developing nations – Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) – held its summit in Teheran (Iran) recently. It claimed the participation by such a large number of nations in the summit proved that the United States had failed to isolate it from the rest of the world.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attended the summit, which was preceded by crucial bilateral talks with Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The NAM Summit was merely an attempt by Iran to garner legitimacy for a regime that is getting increasingly unpopular at home and isolated globally. As is typical of many autocracies, the Islamic Republic has grown addicted to grandiose international gatherings to reclaim some of its lost sheen and prestige. This is unlikely to work as foreign approbation is never a substitute for legitimacy at home.

The Indian performance at the NAM summit was particularly disturbing. UN Secretary General and the Egyptian President stood up for their convictions but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed to even articulate a coherent position based on the imperatives of Indian national interest. This was not really surprising as increasingly Indian domestic political demands have imposing significant costs on the management of India's external relations. India has very little in common with the majority of the members of NAM, and New Delhi is forced to extol the virtues of NAM. The world has changed, Indian foreign policy priorities have changed and yet some of the best and brightest in the Indian foreign policy establishment want to resurrect non-alignment.

Despite what some might suggest, NAM was only of limited utility to India even during the heydays of the Cold War. It became overtly hostile to the West as it lined up to support Moscow on issue after issue during the Cold War. For India, this much touted Third World solidarity was of little use during major times of crises. Yet New Delhi persists with its fascination with NAM even as the leaders of Venezuela, Zimbabwe and Sudan continue to add luster to the glowing credentials of NAM.

Joint Statement

The Teheran Summit ended by issuing a statement. Different topics like collective peace and security, antiterrorism campaign, nuclear issue and emphasis on rights of countries within the framework of nuclear non-proliferation treaty NPT and stressing elimination of nuclear weapons, the need for changing the current structure of the UN, preservation of the right of sovereignty and territorial integrity of countries, non-interference in internal affairs of other countries, the issue of Palestine and mechanisms for world management were discussed at Teheran Summit.

The final statement of the summit contains important chapters including political and economic crises of the world, the issue of Palestine, the right of use of peaceful nuclear energy as well as lasting world peace. The statement, as the outcome of expert discussions in the meeting of experts and foreign ministers participating in the NAM summit, highlights the shaping of a just, comprehensive, transparent and effective system for a joint international management with the participation of all countries within the framework of their interests.

Situation in Middle East

Occupation of Palestine and the Zionist regime's continuous crimes which is one of the main reasons of the critical situation in the Middle East was the other axis of Teheran summit statement. In this regard, the statement underlines that a solution to this crisis requires putting end to occupation, restoration of the indispensible right of self-determination for the Palestinian people and establishment of an independent state with the holy Quds as capital.

Emphasis on global elimination of nuclear weapons, participation of countries in global governance and unanimity on resolving regional crises especially Syria are among important issues which were raised on the first day of Teheran summit by Iran.

Pointing to the nuclear issue, the statement describes production and stockpiling of nuclear weapons as a serious threat to humanity noting, “Nuclear-armed countries should fulfill their commitments within the framework of article 6 of NPT within a specific time.”

The content of Teheran statement shows that the Teheran Summit pays attention to the present and future but it stresses the fundamental principles of NAM.

This comprehensive glance shows that although the initial approach of the movement in the international arena was political, today it has noticed different aspects of participation in world management which means opportunity for cooperation and use of various economic, commercial capacities and cultural interactions among NAM members.

In fact, the NAM is looking for opportunities to play an independent role in decision-making and world policy-making.

Western Media Hype

The successful holding of the NAM summit showed that unlike the western media hype, Iran not only was not isolated and passive but made the NAM atmosphere dynamic and turned it into the scene of expressing various viewpoints resulting in effective and comprehensive results through positive thinking.

The Teheran convergence showed that the NAM members with their ample capacities and possibilities play their real role to counter challenges like insecurity, war and hegemony; since the world nations are still thirsty for justice, peace and security and disgust domineering powers.

From this viewpoint the NAM is also a symbol of global efforts to achieve peace, security and development in the world. There is no doubt that in view of the multitude of the NAM members which comprise two third of the world countries, the movement deserves an international role on the basis of NAM thoughts. Certainly achieving this goal in the present world is in need of a new management and international structure.

A realistic glance at the causes of the world issues shows that many problems such as wars, insecurity, poverty and the like stem from excessive ambition and monopoly of hegemonic powers that are seeking to dominate the world wealth and resources. This monopoly has spread to scientific domain like access to peaceful nuclear technology.

Support for Iran’s Nuclear Energy Program

The final communiqué expressed support for Iran’s nuclear energy program, rejected the United States’ unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic, and called for greater efforts to support the Palestinian cause. The need to combat Islamophobia and racism throughout the world as well as global nuclear disarmament were some of the other key issues mentioned in the document.

In the closing ceremony, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hailed the resolution as “effective and historic” and expressed his gratitude to all of the participants of the summit, which he said had a very important message for the entire world.

Impact of US Sanctions

Iran, has understandably highlighted Western interference in West Asia as part and parcel of a “global oppression system”. The next NAM summit will be hosted in 2015 by another staunchly revolutionary country, Venezuela, which means that the institution could remain entrenched in a firmly anti-American mould in the foreseeable future. Venezuela is the leader of the Bolivarian revolution in Latin America against US hegemony. As the host with presiding power, it can influence the overall direction and focus of the NAM by placing American neo-colonialism as the central concern in all meetings and forums of the institution.

Iran has hit out at the US, saying the holding of the 16th NAM Summit in Teheran proves the "failure" of America's "threat and sanction" policy against the oil-rich country. The anti-Iran policies of the US-led Western nations are doomed for failure.

The presence of heads of states and high ranking delegations of NAM member countries in Teheran as important "under such critical conditions arising from developments in the Middle East and North Africa and its coincidence with Islamic awakening movement" in the region.

Need of Hour

NAM’s members should reinterpret its contours in the context of a multipolar world. Moreover, NAM will have to move beyond verbal condemnations of Western “humanitarian interventions” and invasions and devise grand strategies for self-protection as a group from nefarious designs emanating from all powerful quarters, including not only the US but also potentially China or other great powers. In addition, to win wider public approval and to revitalize grassroots support, NAM has to adopt standards of accountability of member states towards their respective societies.

An international institution that keeps hitting out at foreign aggression, but which is blind to internal democratic deficiencies among its own member states, cannot have a solid social base, which matters in a world where nonstate actors are so pivotal. NAM’s future lies in the hands of expectant younger generations in demographically bulging parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Delivering economic and political justice to these people must never slip from the radar of state elites gathering in Teheran with the intent of panning the tyranny of great powers.

The Teheran Summit was an occasion for deep introspection among its 120 member states about the identity of the group and its mission in a multipolar world.

Iran Continues Nuke Program: Threat to World Peace

Iran appears to have worked on designing an atomic bomb and may still be conducting secret research, the UN nuclear watchdog said in a report likely to raise tensions in the Middle East.
Citing what it called "credible" information from member states and elsewhere, the agency listed a series of activities applicable to developing nuclear weapons, such as high explosives testing and development of an atomic bomb trigger.
The report immediately exposed splits among the big powers about how best to handle the row over Iran's nuclear aims: the United States signaled tougher sanctions on Teheran but Russia said the report could hurt chances for diplomacy.
It was preceded by Israeli media speculation that the Jewish state may strike against its arch foe's nuclear sites. But Defence Minister Ehud Barak has recently said that no decision had been made on embarking on a military operation.
Iran, which denies it wants nuclear weapons, condemned the findings of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "unbalanced" and "politically motivated."
IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano is "playing a very dangerous game," Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ambassador, said.
Teheran's history of hiding sensitive nuclear activity from the IAEA, continued restrictions on IAEA access and its refusal to suspend enrichment, which can yield fuel for atom bombs, have drawn four rounds of U.N. sanctions and separate punitive steps by the United States and European Union.
The report detailed evidence apparently showing concerted, covert efforts to acquire the capability to make atomic bombs. Some of the cited research and development work by Iran have both civilian and military applications, but "others are specific to nuclear weapons," said the report.
Western powers have pressured the major oil producer, which says its nuclear program is aimed at increasing electricity generation, over its record of hiding sensitive nuclear activity and lack of full cooperation with UN inspectors.
The United States will look to put more pressure on Iran if it fails to answer questions raised by the IAEA report, a senior US official said in Washington. "That could include additional sanctions by the United States. It could also include steps that we take together with other nations," the official told reporters.
Russia criticized the report, saying it would dim hopes for dialogue with Teheran on its nuclear ambitions and suggesting it was meant to scuttle chances for a diplomatic solution.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said: "We have serious doubts about the justification for steps to reveal contents of the report to a broad public, primarily because it is precisely now that certain chances for the renewal of dialogue between the 'sextet' of international mediators and Teheran have begun to appear."
Russia and the United States are among the six big powers, also including China, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, which have been involved in stalled attempts to find a diplomatic solution to the nuclear dispute with Iran.
Sanction on Iran’s Energy Sector
The US Government has announced that it will slap sanctions directly on Iran's energy sector and warned the financial firms in the world against dealing with the Islamist state.
"Recent days have brought new evidence that Iran's leaders continue to defy their international obligations and violate international norms," US State Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at the State Department, referring to the recent alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the United States, and report by the UN nuclear watchdog on Iran's nuclear program.
Iran and its powerful ally Russia have slammed new Western sanctions imposed on Teheran over its suspect nuclear program, saying they were illegal and futile.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry stated that the unilateral measures against Iran's financial, petrochemical and energy sectors announced Monday by the United States, Britain and Canada amounted merely to propaganda and psychological They were "reprehensible" and would prove ineffective, it said.
Russia -- which with China had blocked any possibility of the Western steps going before the UN Security Council for approval -- took a sterner view, saying in a Foreign Ministry statement the sanctions were "unacceptable and against international law."
The declarations set the stage for a hardening of diplomacy over Iran and its nuclear program. The issue has already generated speculation that Israel is mulling air strikes against Iranian nuclear sites.
The country is already subject to four sets of UN sanctions designed to force it to give up uranium enrichment, along with additional, unilateral sanctions by the United States and the European Union (EU).
The latest sanctions put more pressure on Iran's financial sector, with the United States and Britain invoking anti-terrorist laws to target Iran's central bank and other financial institutions.
Rejection of UN Report
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has dismissed a report from the United Nations' nuclear agency that highlighted concerns Teheran had worked on designing an atomic bomb, saying it was based on "invalid" information from Washington.
"You should know that this nation will not pull back even a needle's width from the path it is on," he said in a speech carried live on state television.
However, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Iran remains ready to engage in negotiations with world powers concerned about its nuclear program, but only if the other parties show it due respect.
The EU may approve fresh sanctions against Iran within weeks, after a UN agency said Teheran had worked to design nuclear bombs, EU diplomats said.
Iran denies trying to build atom bombs and its Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said any US or Israeli attack on its nuclear sites would be met with 'iron fists'.
The United States and Israel have refused to rule out any option to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear arsenal.
Diplomats in Brussels said preliminary discussions among EU capitals on new measures had begun and plans may be ready for EU foreign ministers in Brussels to approve on December 1.
Iran already faces a wide range of the UN sanctions, as well as some imposed unilaterally by the United States and the EU.
New EU sanctions would be a significant part of Western efforts to ratchet up pressure on Teheran after the UN nuclear watchdog's report this week that laid bare a trove of intelligence suggesting Iran is seeking nuclear weapons.
Teheran’s Confidence
Iran’s confidence emanates from the fact that its nuclear facilities are supported by Russia and China. Or is it that Ahmadinejad is sitting on a nuclear weapon facility already? Well, this is unlikely because nuclear weapons and the delivery system cannot be made overnight and in such secrecy.
The point is that Ahmadinejad’s brave anti-US postures must, in the natural course, make those who dream of an end to the US hegemony and those who detest George Bush, the war-monger, look up to him. And in that context express disgust over the Manmohan Singh regime’s decision to kow-tow the United States and its allies.
A generation that grew up detesting the United States and participated in umpteen demonstrations and other kinds of agitation against the successive regimes in the US — the Vietnam War some 40 years ago and against the Invasion of Iraq now — must feel happy that they are not alone.
Other View
Economic sanctions would hurt the West more than Iran. The premise of this argument is that any sanctions imposed on Teheran would result in a dramatic rise in oil prices, hurting the economies of Western countries and undermining public support for the sanctions.
WhileIran holds the world’s second-largest reserves of oil and gas and is the fourth-largest oil producer, it is in fact a net importer of refined oil products, including gasoline. And internal consumption of oil products in Iran is growing by 5.2 percent a year, far faster than its ability to increase refining capacity. This means that the levels of imports necessary to make the Iranian economy function will only increase over time.
Russia and China would never go along with sanctions. While persuading Russia and China to support sanctions might take some time and effort, these countries are unlikely to prove reliable allies for the Iranian regime.
Russia has little strategic interest in supporting the Iranian cause. While it may see Iran as a useful tool for balancing U.S. power in the Middle East, it has far more to fear from Iran’s nuclear program in the long term than does the United States or Europe. Iran’s support of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism across the Middle East and Central Asia is a direct challenge to Russian interests in territories that were part of the old Soviet empire and are still considered by Moscow to be within its sphere of influence.
Iran might respond to sanctions by irrationally lashing out at Israel and other U.S. allies. One of the most dangerous assumptions about Iran is that it is acting irrationally or is led by people who do not calculate the potential costs and benefits of their actions.

Pakistan-Iran-Afghanistan Summit

Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, reiterating their strong commitment to reinforce their efforts to eradicate extremism, terrorism and militancy, have agreed to strengthen and expand trilateral cooperation in various fields. This was agreed during the trilateral summit between President Asif Ali Zardari, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Afghan President Hamid Karzai held in Teheran on 24 June.
Cooperation Among Governments
Within the framework of trilateral cooperation among the governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, heads of the three states held the second trilateral summit in Teheran on 24 June 2011.
The parties in this summit underlined the good neighborly relations and the necessity of strengthening and expanding trilateral cooperation in various fields. They also discussed issues of mutual interest in the political, security and economic domains, as well as in the areas of trade, education and culture. Moreover, the parties regarded the trilateral summit as an appropriate platform for the promotion of regional cooperation and the strengthening of peace and stability.
During the trilateral discussions, held in a friendly environment, the three parties emphasized the implementation of agreements based on the document signed among the three countries in Teheran (24 May 2009) and the agreement among the three foreign ministers in Islamabad (16 January 2010).
Joint Agreement
The leaders at the summit agreed on the following points:
1. All parties stressed the strong will of the governments and Muslim people of the region to strengthen the ties in various areas of political, security, economic and cultural issues and promoting cooperation among three countries in the above mentioned areas.
2. All parties underlined the need to maintain peace, stability and tranquility in their region as well as to promote economic prosperity, strengthen their cultures and respect religious beliefs.
3. All parties underscored their strong commitment to reinforce their efforts to eradicate extremism, terrorism and militancy, and also rejected external interference, all of which are not in clear conformity with the spirit of Islam and the peaceful traditions of their people.
4. All parties expressed their deep concern over the increase in narcotic drugs trafficking and their organized crime, and called for greater regional cooperation to eliminate this menace.
5. All parties stressed that the existing capacities of their respective countries be fully utilized so as to strengthen peace and security to ensure the respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity as enshrined in the UN charter to prevent any instability.
6. All parties reiterated the importance of regional cooperation and emphasized to work together to resolve regional issues affecting them.
7. All parties agreed that further trilateral meetings at the level of ministers of foreign affairs, interior or security and commerce will prepare a roadmap for the heads of government.
8. The Islamic Republic of Iran and Islamic Republic of Pakistan support the Afghan-led and owned reconciliation and peace process initiated by the Afghan government.
9. All parties agreed that the third trilateral summit shall be held in Islamabad, preferably before the end of 2011. They also agreed that the fourth summit would be held in Kabul.

UN Conference To End Propensity Toward Racism

According to the Israeli media, the United Nations General Assembly, to mark the completion of 10 years of the Durban Conference, has called a convention. It may be remembered that in Durban, under the auspices of the United Nations, a conference was held in 2001, which was participated by many heads of States, where deliberations were made to eliminate racism and several steps were proposed for action plan.

Implementation of Resolution
The United States and European countries opposed it and several countries boycotted it. Still that conference took place and Zionism was considered to be an example of racism. Not only this, again in 2009, in Geneva, in its second round, leaders across the world assembled there under the UN banner, which was aimed to review the implementation of the resolution passed in 2001. Hence, this second round of conference was named as review conference.

Pro-Zionist Lobby
Israel and its supporters opposed the second round of conference. When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began his address, they boycotted his address by walking out. It is said that a pro-Zionist lobby assembled there to destabilize the Durban Conference, though at the conference anti-Zionism sentiments also were treated as racism. Despite this, the United States, Germany, Italy, Poland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Holland boycotted the second Durban Conference.

Now once again, the UN General Assembly has decided to ensure compliance of the first conference's resolution. Despite opposition from Israel and its supporters, the General Assembly with large majority has passed a resolution to hold one-day symbolic conference next September.

Propensity Toward Racism
It is said that the new decision is the result of African and Muslim countries' efforts. The Durban Conference was opposed just because Israel was going to be the focus of criticism and the Palestinians cause was to be supported. This time with the United States, Canada, Australia, and European fraternity supported Israel's standpoint.

However, in April 2009 Geneva Conference, there was the Vatican representation. Jews were angry of Benedict's decision. It has also been said that the distance between Jews and Christians will increase. Despite this, it is hoped that this is a good step to stop propensity toward racism.

Iran Army Day Parade

Iran held a parade on 18 April marking Army Day. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and officials praised the army for its 'deterrent power.' IRNA also reported the launching of a 'long-range S-200 missile system.'

Military Deterrence Capability
In an 18-minute speech, Iranian President Ahmadinejad touted Iran's military deterrence capability, saying 'Iran's army is so mighty today that no enemy can have foul thought of invading Iran's territory.' He said that the 'Islamic Republic of Iran's mighty army has a unique role in continuous security and balance in the region, the power of Iran's army is deterrent power.' 'Of course, Iran's nation is a friend and brother of regional and independent nations and it wants peace, progress and security for all countries.' 'There is no need to foreign forces' presence in the region to create security, they should govern their countries and keep their security if they can.'

At the parade, Commander of Army's Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad-Reza Purdastan said that Iran would continue to 'monitor enemies' threats', adding that the army is a 'powerful arm and firm stronghold' with a 'high capacity to defend the country and crush the enemy in the air and sea and on the ground.'

Stressing that Iran's Army was acting 'shoulder to shoulder' with the country's Revolutionary Guards Corps and Basij (Volunteer) Forces, the commander said, 'Iran's armed forces would crush any threats which is to be put into practice.'

Missiles on Display
A long-range S-200 missile system has been launched on the Army Day of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to IRNA, the long-range S-200 missile system belongs to the (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps) Khatam ol-Anbiya Air Defense Base.

Other missiles and weapons of the army, like surface-to-surface Shahab-3 missile, surface-to-surface Badr-1 missile, and anti-ship cruise missile were also launched. The Casta mobile tactical radar, the Matla' al-Fajr radar system, and the Rapier and SkyGuard missile systems of Khatam ol-Anbiya Air Defense Base were also introduced at the ceremony.

Iranian President Unveils Third Generation Centrifuges

Iran celebrated the Fourth National Nuclear Festival in Teheran on 9 April, attended by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, along with key state and military officials. During the ceremony at Teheran's Milad Tower, Ahmadinejad unveiled the first model of the third generation of machines for uranium enrichment, the so-called third generation centrifuges. The first model of the fuel for Teheran Research Reactor was also unveiled.

Iranian Islamic Republic of Iran News Network Television (IRINN) in Persian began a live relay of a speech by Iranian President Ahmadinejad at a ceremony at Teheran's Milad Tower to celebrate the country's latest achievement in the nuclear sphere. Ahmadinejad said that the third generation of centrifuges is twice as powerful as the existing ones. He also talked in depth about Iran's negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over the supply of fuel for Teheran's nuclear reactor and the 'various Western propaganda' over this issue.

Ahmadinejad said that today Iran has reached a point where no power can stop its progress and deprive the country of using nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

Benefits of Nuclear Energy
The Iranian president also talked about the benefits of nuclear energy. He said nuclear energy is a clean, eco-friendly, and cheap energy, which is a good substitute for fossil fuels. Ahmadinejad said that from the beginning the "world powers" monopolized nuclear energy and stopped this energy from being used by other countries for peaceful purposes. Ahmadinejad said: 'The first countries to acquire nuclear energy did so in a bid to dominate other nations and for military purposes. Nuclear energy is a divine blessing. However, from the very beginning the arrogant and selfish countries and those who want to dominate other world countries have adopted a negative and inhumane approach toward this clean and useful energy. The president talked in depth about the reasons behind the nuclear arms races and talked about the reasons why attempts to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons have failed.'

Ahmadinejad asserted: 'For the past 60 years, they have been saying that they want to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons. But all the policies they have adopted have helped the spread of these weapons. Is it possible for one to possess nuclear weapons and at the same time invite others to dispose of their own? This is impossible. The stockpiling of nuclear weapons is the biggest incentive behind the spread of nuclear weapons.'

Era of Nuclear Weapons
Ahmadinejad said that those who are trying to acquire nuclear weapons are 'politically retarded' because they will never be able to use such weapons and stressed that the era of nuclear weapons has come to an end.

He also referred to US President Barack Obama's comments, in which he had said that the United States would not use nuclear weapons against any non-nuclear country or those countries who are committed to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and described these comments as a lie, saying: 'Did Japan possess nuclear weapons when you attacked it? Did the Iraqi nation posses nuclear weapons when you used depleted uranium against it? Which one of your promises have you fulfilled which makes it necessary for you to make new promises? Who will believe your promises? No one will.'

Ahmadinejad said that today is the era of culture, rationality, and possession of nuclear weapons does not bring power to any country. President Ahmadinejad reiterated that as far as Iran's nuclear issue is concerned, the country is prepared to interact and negotiate with anyone, but at the same time he stressed that no country will be able to block the country's nuclear progress.

Iran Possesses Right To Launch Space Rocket for Peaceful Use

Iran has launched a space rocket capable to send manned satellite to the outer space. Although the Western military experts said the launch of Iran's rocket would not pose security threat to the United States. Washington has already responded negative by calling the launch of rocket by Iran a provocative act.
Many people know that the technology used to launch satellites can be used to carry long-range ballistic missile nuclear warheads. It is no wonder that Washington has all along viewed the research activities of Teheran with suspicion. This is despite the fact that Iran has repeatedly stressed that its research activities are for peaceful use.

Uranium Enrichment Programs
In May 2009, US and Russian experts have estimated that Iran would take at least six to eight years to have the capability to produce ballistic missiles which can carry 1,000 kg weight of nuclear warheads to reach a range of up to 1,000 km. However, the US Pentagon said that Iran has already strengthened its ballistic missile capabilities sufficient enough to threaten US and US allied military troop presence in West Asia. It seems that the US suspicion on Iran's intention to make nuclear weapon has increased with time.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suddenly announced on 1 February that Iran was willing to send its enriched uranium for other countries to handle. This is in fact one of the conditions the six countries' (the five UN Security Council permanent members namely the United States Britain France China and Russia, plus Germany) negotiated solution to settle Iran's uranium enrichment activities. When Iran expressed willingness to send concentrated uranium to other countries to handle, this announcement by the Iranian leader would eliminate one of the western concerns that Iran might produce nuclear weapons.
But the United States still suspects this is Iran's strategy to make such an announcement so that it can buy more time to carry out uranium enrichment programs before the United Nations imposes four sanction resolutions on Iran. The United States believes that if Iran were really sincere, it should inform the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about its decision.

Future Ambitious Plan
All along Washington has the intention to impose more severe sanctions on Iran through the UN Security Council. Bu the United States has been unable to seek the consent of China, the other permanent member to the UN Security Council to pass the resolutions to impose more sanctions on Iran. Now, that President Obama has launched a series of provocative action on China and angered Beijing, it will be difficult for China to support Washington on the Iranian nuclear weapon issue, now.
After the launch of the space rocket, Iranian President Ahmadinejad said that Iran hoped to send a manned satellite to the space. It seems the Iranian leader has great ambition to turn Iran into a great nation. There is nothing wrong for Iran to be ambitious. If Iran really wants to develop nuclear energy for peaceful use, no country including the United States can prevent Iran to do so. Iran has the right to launch space rocket for peaceful use.

Iran-Pakistan Conflict Intensifies

The most likely country that has the intention to stage a war against Iran is not Pakistan but the United States or Israel or any other Western nation. Pakistan will not be on the top-ten list of countries likely to use force on Iran. As such, if a war breaks out between Iran and Pakistan, a third country will quickly enter the fray.

Possibility of US Involvement
If Iran-Pakistan conflict intensifies, the possibility of US involvement in this round of Iranian-Pakistan conflict is high. After all, the intention to overturn the rule of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the Iranian leader has long been on the US agenda. Although US President Barack Obama and former US President George W. Bush's foreign policy are different, but their desire to get rid of Ahamadinejad is the same.
In addition to this, the involvement of the United States in Iran-Pakistan affairs can also give the United States good opportunity to probe into level of the Iranian nuclear weapon development situation. This is also part and parcel of the unfinished US foreign policy objective in that part of the world.
Moreover, staging war with another nation is not the strength of Pakistan also. In the past 60 years, Pakistan did engage war with India but its war achievement had nothing good to comment about.

Border Warfare
Although Pakistan did make great effort to make nuclear weapons, its nuclear weapons are clearly targeted at India, not at Iran. As such, Pakistan probably knows that it is unwise for it to reveal its military and nuclear strength to Iran if a border war breaks out with Iran. In this regard, if for some reason the United States wants to intervene with its border warfare with Iran, the Pakistani Government will be happy to allow the United States to offer military assistance and to let the United States do the job for Pakistan to ward off military advances from Iran if tension between Iran and Pakistan intensifies.
Although it is but hearsay of the United States to accuse Iran of having or developing nuclear weapons, but if the United States really wants to get involved in the possible Iran-Pakistan battlefield, the United States will also assume that Iran is a country with nuclear weapon facilities already. The United States will probably want to treat Iran as it had handled the former Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq before. In tackling Iran, the United States will probably want to take control of air power by sending its military aircrafts to bombard the virtual nuclear weapon facilities in Iran to destroy all the possible nuclear weapon development sites (or imaginary nuclear weapon sites) in Iran first before moving its ground troops from the Pakistan-Iran border.

Nationalism Sentiment
But if the United States begins to get involved in the Iran-Pakistan warfare, the United States might stir up nationalism sentiment in Iran. Then Ahmadinezad will become a national hero and such scenario will allow Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to use the blood and flesh of the Iranians to resist the US invasion. Yet the United States must bear in mind that Iran's Revolutionary Guard force is much stronger than Saddam's National Guard force.
Of course, one cannot rule out the possibility that the Iranian leader Ahmadinejad might also take pre-emptive measure to tackle the United States also. For example, Iran can, through the Afghanistan and Iraq alliance guerrillas, carry out suicide bombing on US troops on one side and on the other side, Iran might make use of the Hezbollah force in Lebanon and Hamas in Palestine to prevent any advancement of Israeli army in order to diverge the attention of US forces if the border war between Iran and Pakistan break out. When this happens it will become a clash between the West and the Islamic world.
Without any doubt, if the United States really wants to get involved in Iranian-Pakistani conflict, the military strength is clearly on the US side. But Ahmadinejad is not Saddam Hussein. This is also a reality.