AL-TOWEITHEH, IRAQ: Journalists are shown the destroyed Tammuz Iraqi nuclear reactor bombed by Israel during an air raid in 1981 and hit again during the 1991 Gulf War at al-Toweitheh, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) southeast of Baghdad Sept. 9, 2002. Iraq denied it had resumed activities at nuclear sites inspected by U.N. experts in the past and took the journalists on a tour to refute allegations to the contrary. Collapse. (RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/Getty Images)From Global Security Newswire:
Iran yesterday urged the International Atomic Energy Agency's 150 member states to prohibit any military action targeting a nation's nuclear sites, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Aug. 12).
Tehran denied that the proposal was a reaction to Israeli threats to launch strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Jerusalem, Washington and some European governments suspect that Iran's nuclear program is aimed at nuclear weapons development, an allegation that Tehran has steadfastly denied.
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My Comment: I guess the Iranians know that they are a target for the Israelis and .... I guess everyone else.
The irony of this is too much .... the Iranians have rarely if ever listened to what the IAE and other international bodies have requested from them .... but now they want this proposal accepted.