Iran has just received their fourth set of UN sanctions for not halting the production of uranium enrichment. Instead of showing any signs of winding down, Iranian officials have now asked six Iranian companies to find suitable places for new nuclear power plants to be built. For some reason I keep thinking that these sanctions will slow Iran down, but on the contrary they are simply trying to increase production.
Why do you think Iran continues to disregard UN orders? Surely they must realize that there will be greater and greater repercussions for each day that they continue to disregard UN orders.
As of now, Iran continues to deny that these nuclear power plants are going to be utilized for the production of weapons of mass destruction. However I can’t help but wonder why Iran would admit to such an accusation when they have no plans for stopping uranium enrichment.
For those of you who don’t know, Uranium enrichment is the means by which nuclear power is generated. However this is a touchy area because Uranium enrichment can easily be used to construct nuclear weapons.
What do you believe that the UN should do if their economic sanctions continue to yield no cooperation from Iran? Should America get involved with the issue, or should we allow the UN to handle Iran’s nuclear aspirations? Would anyone actually be opposed to US intervention if it means a world that is safe from nuclear Iran? Can anyone argue that Iran can be trusted with nuclear plants?
