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Japan calls for Iran nuclear issue to be resolved by dialogue
Jun 17, 2008, 7:57 GMT
Tokyo - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Tuesday it is necessary for relevant countries to 'to talk thoroughly and over and over again'' to resolve the issue of Iran's uranium enrichment programme.
Speaking at a group interview with news agencies of Group of Eight nations in Tokyo, Fukuda said ''We need to try not to leave Iran alone,'' referring to recent bilateral talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Rome.
The UN Security Council has demanded Iran halt its uranium enrichment programme. Iran has refused and says it will never stop its activities.
Fukuda hosts the G8 leaders' meeting on July 7-9 in Hokkaido, northern Japan.
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HYPOCRISY AND DOUBLE STANDARDSJun 18th, 2008 - 08:56:49
The IAEA, US, and UN are harassing and threatening Iran with sanctions over its legal right to enrich uranium for its nuclear program while ignoring the fact that Israel has nuclear bombs and a history of committing atrocities against its neighbors, such as genocide of the palestinians for land, violating the border boundaries of Syria and Iraq to bomb their properties, and started wars with Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon. By contrast, Iran has committed no atrocities or aggression toward its neighbors to justify the harassment forced upon it. Iran should pull out of NPT and stop cooperating with the IAEA, UN, and US entirely. This hypocrisy and double standards of the IAEA, US, and UN is ridiculous and should not be tolerated!!!!
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