Comments on: The Latest from Iran (16 November): Catching Up http://enduringamerica.com/2009/11/16/the-latest-from-iran-16-november-catching-up/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:50:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Scott Lucas http://enduringamerica.com/2009/11/16/the-latest-from-iran-16-november-catching-up/comment-page-1/#comment-14045 Scott Lucas Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:49:01 +0000 http://enduringamerica.com/?p=21482#comment-14045 Catherine, Thank you for the correction in analysis. I was writing "at speed" and did not treat the Al Jazeera piece fairly. S. Catherine,

Thank you for the correction in analysis. I was writing “at speed” and did not treat the Al Jazeera piece fairly.

S.

]]> By: Scott Lucas http://enduringamerica.com/2009/11/16/the-latest-from-iran-16-november-catching-up/comment-page-1/#comment-14044 Scott Lucas Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:47:43 +0000 http://enduringamerica.com/?p=21482#comment-14044 Rev Magdalen, You've made my morning....Now if I could only convince my nearest-and-dearest of the wisdom of your observation. S. Rev Magdalen,

You’ve made my morning….Now if I could only convince my nearest-and-dearest of the wisdom of your observation.

S.

]]> By: Catherineca http://enduringamerica.com/2009/11/16/the-latest-from-iran-16-november-catching-up/comment-page-1/#comment-14038 Catherineca Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:06:19 +0000 http://enduringamerica.com/?p=21482#comment-14038 RE: 1653 GMT: Spin, Spin, Spinning Iran I think AJE's reporting is much more nuanced and inclusive than the WP's and Bloomberg's. The part of AJE's article you cite is a quote (in the first third of their piece) from the leaked IAEA report that everyone and his brother is repeating. The rest of the article includes a quote from an ISIS senior research analyst: "The satellite imagery analysis that we have done tends to support the notion that the tunnel entrances back in 2002 may not yet have been associated with the enrichment plan", the fact there's at most a six-month discrepancy between the IAEA's and Iran's date when construction on the Qom plant started, and a clear summary of Iran's concerns, such as "The main concern in Tehran is that the IAEA is apparently mixing up its legal duties and technical duties with the political duties that have been imposed on it by some world powers in the [UN] Security Council...."Iran says it has been in complete compliance with IAEA demands but will not recognise UN Security Council resolutions, and the mix up of the two, is something that worries the Iranian government very much." RE: 1653 GMT: Spin, Spin, Spinning Iran
I think AJE’s reporting is much more nuanced and inclusive than the WP’s and Bloomberg’s. The part of AJE’s article you cite is a quote (in the first third of their piece) from the leaked IAEA report that everyone and his brother is repeating. The rest of the article includes a quote from an ISIS senior research analyst: “The satellite imagery analysis that we have done tends to support the notion that the tunnel entrances back in 2002 may not yet have been associated with the enrichment plan”, the fact there’s at most a six-month discrepancy between the IAEA’s and Iran’s date when construction on the Qom plant started, and a clear summary of Iran’s concerns, such as “The main concern in Tehran is that the IAEA is apparently mixing up its legal duties and technical duties with the political duties that have been imposed on it by some world powers in the [UN] Security Council….”Iran says it has been in complete compliance with IAEA demands but will not recognise UN Security Council resolutions, and the mix up of the two, is something that worries the Iranian government very much.”

]]> By: Rev Magdalen http://enduringamerica.com/2009/11/16/the-latest-from-iran-16-november-catching-up/comment-page-1/#comment-14035 Rev Magdalen Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:35:34 +0000 http://enduringamerica.com/?p=21482#comment-14035 The thing I like best about Scott Lucas is he proves it's not weird to be obsessively interested in the news from Iran! Thanks, Scott! :-) The thing I like best about Scott Lucas is he proves it’s not weird to be obsessively interested in the news from Iran! Thanks, Scott! :-)

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