Iran is on the way to nuclear powers

PanARMENIAN.Net - It's quit clear that "Bushehr" is part of Iran's nuclear program, because of which, by the hand of 43rd US President George Bush, this country became a «social outcast». However, the reality is that not so much the "Bushehr" as the centrifuges at Natanz pose a real threat to the world. As fuel the Iranian power plant uses lead and not enriched uranium, the latter being necessary only for full-power operation of the reactor and pretending to become the nuclei of the atomic industry of Iran. By the way, this is what the world community fears most. However, for some unknown reasons, the same world community does not fear of the nuclear weapons of Pakistan, which is more dangerous than Iran. Possibly the reason is that Israel stands closer to Iran than to Pakistan. And even if this theory is not quite true, it is at least tempting - to blame the omnipresent Jewish lobby for everything. By the way, this is what Tehran has been engaged in for quite a while.

Times are changing however, and what was impossible yesterday may today be a necessity. As a matter of principle, there is nothing strange here - nothing is impossible in politics, especially when it comes to the interests of power states. After the closure of the air base "Manas", the United States have been looking for new paths to deliver goods to Afghanistan, desirably bypassing Russia. ¾ of the goods go through Pakistan but lately there have been cases of attacking convoys and acts of sabotage on the roads, especially in the region of Khyber Pass. Islamabad Government is unable to guarantee security. Thus, there remains only the southern way, i.e. Iran. If we believe the English paper "The Times", Washington is considering the previously unthinkable variant - to turn to Iran with the request to use her territory for deliveries. By the way, Iran will be more compliant than the RF that laid down her terms: "Traffic must necessarily be of non-defense character". What will Iran require against the transit is still a question. Neither is it known whether Washington will turn to Iran or not. Most likely, the issue will be settled down after the Presidential Elections in Iran due in June. There is little time left, and if we also take into account that the USA is deeply concerned with the victory of ex-President Mohammad Khatami, we should be expecting certain changes in the region. In any case, even if current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stays to power, he will have to reconsider his policy both towards the USA and Russia. After all, no one can guarantee that Moscow will not arrange the southern variant of the «gas war»...

Even the EU has begun to speak in favour of Iran. "The Nabucco project can be realized only with participation of Iran and Russia," declared EC Energy Spokesman Ferran Tarradellas Espuny. Thus, Europe's dependence on the Russian gas will be somewhat neutralized through Iran. But nothing is certain even in this case. Everything depends on what Russia and the USA will offer Iran, taking into account that after all Iran is not Kyrgyzstan and she needs more than USD 2 billion and not in money terms.

As for Russia and Iran, they are currently in the stage of discussions for a joint enterprise on operating the Bushehr atomic power plant. In the words of Sergei Kiriyenko, Head of Russia's state nuclear power corporation "Rosatom", "Iran and Russia are due to sign a long-term contract of minimum ten years on delivering nuclear fuel."