They didn't admit to developing neclear weapons, they admited to aquiring information on how to build them.
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November 18, 2005, Global Security Newswire
By Marina Malenic
For the first time, Iran has conceded receiving documents on nuclear weapon production from the black-market nuclear network operated by former top Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report issued today. Papers obtained by Iran from the Khan network beginning in the late 1980s provided detailed instructions on shaping "enriched, natural and depleted uranium metal into hemispherical forms," according to the agency report.
Iranian officials have denied seeking the uranium sphere designs, which they said were provided unilaterally by members of the nuclear network. Meanwhile, President George W. Bush today expressed support for a Russian proposal that would allow Iran to enrich uranium in Russia as part of a joint venture.
The documents are a "cookbook" for producing a nuclear weapon’s uranium core, one European diplomat told Reuters. One nonproliferation expert disagreed with that assessment, however. "It's not a cookbook, it’s not specific instructions" to make a nuclear weapon, said Corey Hinderstein, deputy director of the Institute of Science and International Security. "The information is general, it explains the process, but it does not give instructions on the process."
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They do have the right to develop them. When the U.S. stops developing nuclear weapons I'll agree with you.
I don't blame them for refusing an inspection; look what they found in Iraq.
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Report concludes no WMD in Iraq
Iraq had no stockpiles of biological, chemical or nuclear weapons before last year's US-led invasion, the chief US weapons inspector has concluded.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/26/ahmadinejad/ TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran's new president has repeated a remark from a former ayatollah that Israel should be "wiped out from the map," insisting that a new series of attacks will destroy the Jewish state, and lashing out at Muslim countries and leaders that acknowledge Israel.
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He said it
"should" be wiped off the map, not, "I vow to wipe Israel off the map", which is perfectly understandable. You can keep manipulating the words they say to your liking.
Nuclear power isn't cheap. And, located where they are, it makes sense to protect their nuclear power. Should an enemy gain access to it they could do quite a bit of damage. Unless you think it would be better to just leave it out in the open?
Listening correctly may be adventagous.
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Originally Posted by Seaver
Yet they're not developing nuclear weapons.
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