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Keeping the whole process from extraction of uranium, milling to enrichment within the country would of course make it much easier to control and possibly easier to manipulate. Bitsofnews.com Giving you the latest bits.
The key word here is confidence and with the confidence level Iran has vis-à-vis the West, it is not at all an improbable thought that the theocratic regime might develop nuclear weapons. The Iranians themselves have time and time again shown through policies that they are deeply sceptical to the West and the natural consequence of this is of course to develop the ultimate weapon in order to feel more secure. The paranoia seems to have increased especially after the hardliners took over the presidency, and the negative rethoric escalated.
If the Iranians are serious about their civil nuclear program it would only be perceived as a confidence builder to let the enrichment process be done by outsiders. After all the escalation of this matter are partly at the hands of the Iranian hardliners, spearheaded by the President. By outsourcing the enrichment process they would also neutralize the criticism coming from Washington and secure their program from further delays by splitting the unity between Europe, the US and, now lately what could be, Russia. Bitsofnews.com Giving you the latest bits.
The rallying of the population to the hardliners stands seems so far to have failed. Even if the majority of the population are for the nuclear program, there are signs that they are getting tired of the hardliner stands and have come to rather like the reformists way. The rather meagre support the violent demonstrations in Teheran had during the cartoon incident, point towards such a conclusion, the demonstrators, consisting of mostly young conservative males and members of the Pasdaran, and being only in the hundreds/thousands(?).
Concerning their political strategy it also seems as if this was a miscalculation, with the hardliners threatening to walk out of possible negotiations if Iran was referred to the UNSC by the IAEA. The tough rhetoric backfired and the UN process started. Still, the Iranians keep sending mixed signals, defiance in order to save face and being willing to still negotiate with the Russians in order to keep the only option left open and not politically humiliating the Russians. Bitsofnews.com Giving you the latest bits.
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