Recently there have been some uranium power plants discovered in Iran. They refused that the plants were being used to make nuclear weapons, and told the IAEA, or the International Atomic Energy Agency, that they could inspect the site, but never made a date for it. Even if they weren't making weapons, the IAEA was supposed to be contacted as soon as the plant was going to be made, before construction started. Therefore it is curious that they would hide the plants.
Shortly after, Iran tested some missiles. It is pretty clear what happened, Iran lied. They hid their plants and made weapons.
"Iran insists that all its nuclear facilities are for peaceful energy purposes and rejects accusations from the US and others that it is seeking a nuclear weapon"
They also don't seem to respond very much to the threat of sanctions by multiple countries, among them are the United States, Russia, and France.
Thursday will bring talks among the nations to discuss. What exactly will be discussed, I am not sure. But I do think a face to face conversation needs to happen, because Achmedinijad and Obama have been talking, but not directly to one another.
Personally I find it ridiculous that Iran expects people to believe they're not making nuclear weapons for warfare after they kept their plants a secret. I think it was a terrible move on their part.
History shows that countrieshiding big secrets (like, say, nuclear weapons) from one another can be terrible, and lead to wars. I hope Iran will either own up to what they're doing, or provide a good reason why they were breaking the rules.
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