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<font size=3><b>Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency
says attacking or threatening to attack nuclear facilities is in
violation of the UN charter. <br><br>
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Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:0PM <br><br>
"According to Resolution 533 of the IAEA, attacking or threatening
to attack operational or under-construction nuclear facilities is a
blatant violation of the UN charter, IAEA statute and international
regulations," Ali Asghar Soltanieh said Wednesday. <br><br>
"The remarks made by the former US envoy to the UN
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below)</b></font><font size=3> show Washington's warmongering and
aggressive attitude as well as its violation of international laws,"
Soltanieh said in reference to John Bolton hinting that Israel has only
one week to attack the Bushehr power plant. <br><br>
"(If not stopped), Iran will achieve something that no other
opponent of Israel, no other enemy of the United States in the Middle
East really has and that is a functioning nuclear reactor," Bolton
said on Monday. <br><br>
He said that once fuel rods are loaded into the reactor, "attacking
it means a release of radiation," suggesting that any attack should
take place before the injection of fuel. <br><br>
Soltanieh went on to add that some statements imply that until fuel rods
are not transferred into the reactor's building, nuclear facilities
cannot claim international immunity. <br><br>
"According to Resolution 533 of the agency… attacking or threatening
to attack nuclear facilities without nuclear materials is also considered
violation of international laws," the Iranian official explained.
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Iran's first nuclear power plant in Bushehr built by Russia is expected
to become operational on Aug. 21. <br><br>
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</font><h1><b>Israel Has Until Week's End to Strike Iran Nuclear
Facility, Bolton Says</b></h1><font size=3>Israel has until the weekend
to launch a military strike on Iran's first nuclear plant before the
humanitarian risk of an attack becomes too great, former U.S. Ambassador
to the United Nations John Bolton said Tuesday. <br>
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Israel has until the weekend to launch a military strike on Iran's first
nuclear plant before the humanitarian risk of an attack becomes too
great, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said
Tuesday. <br><br>
A Russian company is expected to help Iran start loading nuclear fuel
into its plant on Saturday, after which an attack on the Bushehr reactor
could trigger harmful radiation, which Israel wants to avoid, Bolton
said. So unless the Israelis act immediately to shut down the facility,
it will be too late.<br><br>
"Once it's close to the reactor ... the risk is when the reactor is
attacked, there will be a release of radiation into the air," Bolton
told FoxNews.com. "It's most unlikely that they would act militarily
after fuel rods are loaded." <br><br>
Earlier Tuesday, Bolton told Fox Business Network the Israelis will have
to move in the "next eight days" if they want to attack the
Bushehr facility -- a reference to the window between when the start-up
was announced last week and the loading date. Bolton said Tuesday that
the date has fluctuated, but he described the start-up as the ultimate
deadline. <br><br>
Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to the United States, told Fox News
that the nation is hopeful sanctions -- passed by the United Nations,
European Union and United States -- will "modify" Iran's
behavior. Oren said Israel is "committed" to the sanctions
program and will assess its impact at a later date. <br><br>
"Until that time, the position of the government of Israel -- as the
position of the Obama administration -- is that all options will remain
on the table," he said, without commenting directly on Bolton's
remarks. <br><br>
Though Iranian officials insist the reactor is for peaceful purposes,
Bolton warned about the danger of the up-and-running reactor. <br><br>
"What this does is give Iran a second route to nuclear weapons in
addition to enriched uranium," Bolton said. "It's a very, very
huge victory for Iran." <br><br>
Bolton, who was U.S. ambassador during the Bush administration, expressed
doubt that Israel was planning a military strike but suggested it's an
open question. <br><br>
"If they were going to do anything, they certainly wouldn't be
talking about it," he said. <br><br>
He noted that the reactor gives Iran something that both Iraq and Syria
were never able to achieve because their facilities were destroyed.
<br><br>
"Iran will have achieved something that no other opponent of Israel,
no other enemy of the United States really in the Middle East has, and
that is a functioning nuclear reactor," he said on Fox Business
Network. <br><br>
Iranian officials on Tuesday warned Israel not to take military action.
Iranian media quoted Ahmad Vahidi, Iran's defense minister, as saying
Israel would be taking a huge risk with such an attack. <br><br>
"We may lose a power plant, but the whole existence of the Zionist
regime will be jeopardized," Vahidi was quoted as saying. <br><br>
The reactor project has been in existence for decades, but the Russians
have helped push it to the finish line. Russian state firm Rosatom
announced last week that the Bushehr facility would be starting up on
Aug. 21. According to the Iranian state Mehr news agency, the head of
that company, Sergey Novikov, says the plant "just generates
electricity."<br><br>
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