Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Iran May Pursue its Nuclear Program "Illegally"   

From Bloomberg:  

Iran May Undertake `Illegal' Atomic Work, Leader Says (Update3)

By Robin Stringer

March 21 (Bloomberg) — Iran may undertake atomic work outside of international regulations if the United Nations Security Council insists that the Islamic Republic ceases uranium enrichment, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said.

``Until today, what we have done has been in accordance with international regulations,'' Khamenei said. ``If they take illegal actions, we too can take illegal actions, and will do so,'' the supreme leader said in a speech at Mashhad, Iran's holiest city, to mark the Iranian new year.

Excerpts of today's address were televised on the Qatar- based al-Jazeera television channel, translated from Farsi into Arabic. Khamenei, Iran's highest authority, didn't elaborate on his reference to ``illegal actions.''

Me:  As if they weren't doing it already, huh?

03/21 05:44 PMShare