montrealgazette.com/mobile/story.html?id=5678653 Iran appears to have worked on designing an
atomic bomb and may still be conducting research
relevant for such weapons, the UN nuclear
watchdog said in its most detailed and hard-hitting
report on military dimensions to Tehran's nuclear
program. Citing what it called "credible" information from
member states and elsewhere, the agency listed a
series of activities applicable to developing nuclear
weapons, such as high explosives testing and
development of an atomic bomb trigger. The hotly anticipated International Atomic Energy
Agency report, preceded by Israeli media
speculation of pre-emptive air strikes on Iranian
nuclear sites, presented new evidence pointing to
concerted efforts to obtain nuclear arms capability. Some of the cited research and development
activities by Iran have both civilian and military
applications, but "others are specific to nuclear
weapons," said the report, obtained by Reuters on
Tuesday ahead of an IAEA board of governors
meeting. Tehran quickly rejected the report. "(It) is
unbalanced, unprofessional and politically
motivated," said Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's
ambassador to the IAEA. The United States and its allies are expected to seize
on the document to press for more punitive
sanctions on the major oil producer over its record
of hiding sensitive nuclear activity and lack of full
co-operation with UN inspectors. "I think the facts lay out a pretty overwhelming
case that this was a pretty sophisticated nuclear
weapons effort aimed at miniaturizing a warhead
for a ballistic missile," said prominent U.S.
proliferation expert David Albright. Tehran has dismissed the allegations of covert
atomic bomb research, based largely on Western
intelligence funnelled to the IAEA, as fabricated and
baseless. The IAEA said it had carefully assessed the
information passed on from member states and
found it consistent in terms of technical content,
individuals and organizations involved and time
frames. It said it had gathered its own supportive
details. "The agency has serious concerns regarding
possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear
program," the IAEA said in the report, which
included an unusual 13-page annex with technical
descriptions of research with explosives and
computer simulations applicable to nuclear detonations. It added: "The information also indicates that prior
to the end of 2003, these activities took place
under a structured program, and that some
activities may still be ongoing." The IAEA report included information from both
before and after 2003. It expressed "particular concern" about
information provided by two member states that
Iran had carried out computer modelling studies
linked to nuclear weapons in 2008-09. "The application of such studies to anything other
than a nuclear explosive is unclear to the agency,"
the IAEA said. For several years the IAEA has been investigating
Western intelligence reports indicating that Iran has
coordinated efforts to process uranium, test high
explosives and revamp a ballistic missile cone to
accommodate a nuclear warhead. Iran insists that its program to enrich uranium is for
a future network of nuclear power stations to
provide electricity for a rapidly growing population,
so that it can export more of its oil and gas. But Tehran's history of hiding sensitive nuclear
activity from the IAEA, continued restrictions on
IAEA access and its refusal to suspend enrichment -
which can yield fuel for atom bombs - have drawn
four rounds of UN sanctions, as well as separate
punitive steps by the United States and European Union.

I have the same feeling of looming armagedom. Iran might not crumble easily like afganistan,iraq and libya.

That's what i'm thinking too cause Russia and China may back them up

Iran does not have to crumble all that will be required is an initial series of extreamly harshe extreamly well co-ordinated air strikes at all of irans nuclear infrastructure and most of their convensional military infrastructure after which a naval blockade will be effected.

Then we all die. Nuclear holocaust. Earth is ravaged. We wait for hundreds of years underground and after the earths atmosphere has cleared we climb back out and build a new world.

What do you expect. You dey fear?

bros i nor fear o, but i prefer 2 die lying on my bed than 2 die with one chemical wey i inhale o. How u see am

Parisgoodman:

bros i nor fear o, but i prefer 2 die lying on my bed than 2 die with one chemical wey i inhale o. How u see am

You rarely have a choice of choosing how you exit this world so stop worrying about things that are beyond your control.

Unless you become President of Iran in the near future.

@parisgoodman,

bros i nor fear o, but i prefer 2 die lying on my bed than 2 die with one chemical wey i inhale o. How u see am

How about inhaling the chemical while lying down on your bed. That seems like a good compromise to me. Abi how you see am?

Parisgoodman:

That's what i'm thinking too cause Russia and China may back them up

One thing I have learned from the war in Iraq and Libya is that the West is more united than ever,the rest hate them but are not united enough to die for each other.China and Russia will never fight America over an Arab or African country.
If Israel start the fight then Iran will be gone,simply as that.

I think Iran's millitary capabilities is overated just like Gadaffi's Libya.We all thought Gadafii had all the latest anti-missiles,aircarfts and other modern high tech millitary machineries and gadgets,but look how quick NATO took him down.

Its all hype, the west are planning surgical strikes and if they do so there will be the usual anti-west rants in the middle-east then life will go back to normal.

International law on the use of force is crystal clear: nations may use unilateral force only to defend themselves against attack or imminent threat of attack.
Article 2.4 of the UN Charter authorizes the unilateral use of force only in self-defense, which means when attacked or when faced with an imminent threat of attack. In this case Iran is not attacking anyone.

@Horus,

Article 2.4 of the UN Charter authorizes the unilateral use of force only in self-defense, which means when attacked or when faced with an imminent threat of attack. In this case Iran is not attacking anyone.

So what if Isreal can clain that they are under an imminent threat of attack from Iran? Is that a legitimate reason to go to war? Afterall, Iran's President has been making a public charge to annihilate Isreal while building the capability to do so. What say ye about that?