Annie
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The UN is a paper tiger and they are banking on the world keeping the US from acting unilaterally again:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060217/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_dc
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060217/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_dc
Iran dismisses world pressure
By Parisa Hafezi 7 minutes ago
Iran shrugged off mounting world pressures over its nuclear program on Friday, giving no hint it was ready to halt sensitive atomic work to enable next week's talks on a Russian compromise to make progress.
"Nuclear technology is our red line and we will never abandon our legitimate right to this technology," Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, who heads Iran's top legislative watchdog, told worshippers at Friday prayers in Tehran.
"They (the West) are trying to terrify us with a scarecrow called the Security Council. We are not scared ... They will be harmed more than Iran if they act unwisely," he said.
The International Atomic Energy Agency reported Iran to the top U.N. body earlier this month for failing to quell suspicions it is seeking nuclear bombs. The council is awaiting a report by IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei in March before taking any action.