The Security Council deadline myth

The Security Council deadline myth:

"Under a Safeguards Agreement concluded with the International Atomic Energy Agency, as required by the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Iran agreed to allow IAEA inspectors to 'verify' that no 'source or special nuclear materials' are being used in furtherance of a nuclear weapons program.

During the past three years, every report Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei has made to the IAEA Board concluded that 'as best he can determine' no proscribed materials have been so used.

The NPT and the IAEA Statute and the Iranian Safeguards Agreement all guarantee Iran's 'inalienable' right to conduct research into, and to enjoy all the benefits of the peaceful use of, nuclear energy.

The IAEA Statute ensures, insofar as the IAEA is able, that 'source or special nuclear materials' are not used in furtherance of a military purpose as a secondary mission.

ElBaradei's reports over the past three years are that, while he cannot be absolutely certain that there are no proscribed materials in Iran that he doesn't know about, there are no 'indications' that there are.

Nevertheless, Bush-Cheney-Bolton-Rice strong-armed the IAEA Board into reporting the entire Iranian dossier to the Security Council 'for possible action.'

According to Bonkers Bolton, our representative on the Security Council:

This is a real test for the Security Council. There's just no doubt that for close to 20 years, the Iranians have been pursuing nuclear weapons through a clandestine program that we've uncovered.

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