"Big Five" refer Iran's nuke file to Security Council

And Iran’s response is that this referral means that diplomacy is over. Via the AP:

Iran struck back Tuesday at the Big Five’s decision to refer the country’s nuclear file to the Security Council, saying the move has no legal justification and would be the end of diplomacy.

At a London meeting that lasted into the early hours of Tuesday, envoys of the United States, Britain, China, France and Russia agreed to recommend that the International Atomic Energy Agency report Iran to the U.N. Security Council.

They also decided the Security Council should wait until March to take up Iran’s nuclear file after a formal report on Tehran’s activities from the U.N. agency, which meets Thursday in Vienna.

“Reporting Iran’s dossier to the U.N. Security Council will be unconstructive and the end of diplomacy,” said Iran’s leading nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani. State television quoted him as sayiny Iran still believes the issue can be resolved peacefully.

Translation: As long as the “Big Five” go along with what Iran wants, the issue can be ‘resolved peacefully.’

Con Coughlin has an article this morning in the UK Telegraph that Iran has set up secret teams to infiltrate the IAEA.

I’m waiting for the usual suspects to blame this all on the President.

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Severian says:

January 31, 2006 at 9:23 am

And if Iran doesn’t snap to, the Security Council will write them a really stern and nasty letter…

PCD says:

January 31, 2006 at 9:33 am

The security council will do what?? How many TOOTHLESS and unenforced resolutions will they issue before the US just has to take action itself.

And to think the corrupt Kofi Annan wants the US Armed Forces to wear Blue Helmets so he can take over the US in the name of the UN.

steve says:

January 31, 2006 at 10:43 am

Go ahead bomb them and see where that leads. You all on the rightwing have a death wish. It must be the armageddonist in you. Peace

January 31, 2006 at 11:15 am

steve, you have a death wish yourself. You just have avoided fulfilling it because you don’t put your bod into the situations where you’d experience it. Ever think of going to Iraq like the 4 hostages from your group did?

ttyler5 says:

January 31, 2006 at 11:32 am

Steve, you should read Alan Dershowitz’s book, “Why Terrorism Works”, before advocating negotiation and appeasement with the Jihad.

January 31, 2006 at 2:53 pm

It is impossible to kill your way to Peace. It is possible to kill your way to your own death. Peace

January 31, 2006 at 2:57 pm

Oh, I don’t know. The Romans totally exterminated the Carthagenians, never had another minute’s problem with them after that.

January 31, 2006 at 7:21 pm

So Severian, your solution is the “final solution”, you nazi you? Peace

Sister Toldjah says:

January 31, 2006 at 7:24 pm

You are out of line, steve. Cool it.

January 31, 2006 at 7:54 pm

Just pointing out the fallacy of your usual inane statements Steve…there are plenty of instances of violence bringing peace. I mentioned this once before, take the Pax Romana, over 200 years of peace in Europe, the longest time Europe has ever been at peace. This peace was achieved by the Romans after years of subjugating the rest of Europe with the sword. So, violence brought about the longest peaceful period in European history, and one of the most prosperous.

Not that reality or facts will have any effect on your world view.