Allies Line Up with U.S. to Set Iran Nuke Deadline

[Darranar]

VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States has gathered more than two dozen allies to force the U.N. nuclear watchdog to set an October 31 deadline for Iran to demonstrate it is not secretly developing nuclear weapons, diplomats said.

The 35-nation Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expected to vote on a toughly worded draft resolution which gives Iran a last chance to prove it has been complying with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), at Friday's closed-door board session.

The United States says Tehran has violated the treaty in its effort to develop atomic weapons secretly. Iran, which denies the allegation, could face economic sanctions if reported to the U.N. Security Council for breach of its NPT obligations.

Washington had originally lobbied for the board to report Iran to the council this week, but backed off when it saw the majority of board members wanted to give Iran one last chance and a deadline to prove it had been complying with the NPT.

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On to war #3.

[Flying_Pig]

1. I don't like, or want, ANY nation to have nuclear weapons...

especially nations with volatile, radical, governments, but the hypocrisy in this case, and others, is stunning. The U.S. is allowed to abrogate, violate, and trash treaties left and right, and proceed with unrestrained nuclear weapons development. The same for Israel. How is this fair, and morally justifiable? Our hypocrisy is breeding hate and distrust. I know that if I were a Muslim, and saw that the U.S. not only allowed, but approved, of an Israeli nuclear arsenal, and then turned around and said I couldn't have them, I would tell them to jump off the nearest cliff.

Nuclear weapons need to be removed from ALL of the Middle East, including Israel, and until that is done, we have no right to *tell* any other country what to do.

[Darranar]

2. I agree

n/t

[whathappened]

3. i would like to get ahold

of these mad men that developed these things to begain with years ago , dam what idiots to even mess with this shit to begain with