Hans Blix, nekdanji direktor Mednarodne agencije za atomsko energijo (IAEA), v britanskem Guardianu ponavlja svoj predlog, da bi problem bogatenja urana v Iranu morda lahko rešili z oživitvijo in uresničitvijo predloga, da bi Bližnji vzhod postal območje brez orožja za množično uničevanje in hkrati tudi območje brez bogatenja urana in proizvodnje plutonija.
Iran in Egipt sta pred leti že predlagala, da bi Bližnji vzhod postal območje brez jedrskega orožja. Ta predlog so sprejele vse države vključno z Izraelom, ki ima edini na tem območju jedrsko orožje. A za Izrael je bila uresničitev tega predloga vedno ideja za prihodnost. Mogoče je zdaj čas, da ta zamisel zaživi v novi luči.
I do not underestimate the problems of a zonal agreement – for instance those of verification, or outside assurances about security and the supply of uranium fuel. Yet the Obama administration, with the support of many governments, is seeking nuclear disarmament for all – including the original sinners – and both non-proliferation and disarmament are now on the agenda of the UN security council. The Middle East looks like a region in need of a bold broad approach.
Toda v nemškem Spieglu opozarjajo, da je ameriški predsednik Barack Obama pod vse večjim pritiskom, naj zaostri stališče, odkar je znano, da Iran urana ne bogati le v Natanzu, ampak tudi v Ghomu.
In the US, there is also growing support for the next step on the escalation ladder: the use of military force. The desire for peace seems to have dissipated in many quarters, including among the electorate. According to a study by the public opinion polling firm Rasmussen Reports, 88 percent of Americans are concerned about the recent revelations regarding Iran’s second enrichment plant. Only 5 percent believe the Tehran government’s claims that the facilities are for peaceful energy production. After North Korea, Iran is now seen as the second biggest threat to the US.
Ameriški profesor Noam Chomsky je aprila v pogovoru za Teheran Times dejal, da je Iran pod pritiskom zaradi svoje neodvisne drže.
The basic point was explained very candidly by Henry Kissinger. He was asked by the Washington Post why he now claims that Iran does not need nuclear energy so it must be working on building a bomb, while in the 1970s he insisted forcefully that Iran needs nuclear energy and the U.S. must provide the shah with the means to develop it. His answer was pure Kissinger: “They were an allied country” so they needed nuclear energy. Now they are not an ally, so they do not need nuclear energy. As for Israel, it is an ally, more accurately a client state. So they inherit from the master the right to do as they please.
