Turkey: Materials Likely Destined For Iran Nuclear Program Seized (video) -- Christian Science Monitor
Turkey is determined to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon, Namik Tan, Turkey's ambassador to the US, said Thursday. It intercepted materials Iran might have used to advance its nuclear program, he says.
Turkey has intercepted materials destined for Iran that could have been used to advance Tehran’s nuclear program, Turkey’s ambassador to Washington said Thursday.
The Turkish official, Namik Tan, said Turkey, as Iran’s neighbor, is perhaps more determined than other more distant countries to keep Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon, and he suggested that Turkish-Iranian relations are deteriorating over the nuclear issue.
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My Comment: The Turkish ambassador makes the official Turkish position very clear .... Turkey's strategic and vital interests in the region will be directly impacted by Iran having a nuclear weapon, and because of that Turkey is against Iran's nuclear weapon's program.
For the Iranians .... I guess the message is also very clear .... if they want to procure nuclear materials, the conduit country of choice should be through their neighbor in the east .... which is Pakistan.
