Word: teheran
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...first major ambiguity, Teheran has cleverly mastered the use of Western terminology. Referring to ideals like “self-determination” and “inalienable rights” à la the UN, Iran claims the NPT is clear, and that no one is to interfere with their indigenous ambitions for cheaper, more efficient power. With similarly poetic rhetoric, the second-largest owner of oil fields in the globe tries to convince the international community that it only plans to “diversify” its energy interests. The “widening” Atlantic...
...greatest ambiguity materialized a few years ago, when an opposition group revealed Iran’s nuclear ambitions to the world after Teheran had spent years denying any such attempt. With a blink from the White House, Russia changed a crucial law in 2002, and offered Iran to take back the spent fuel, thus minimizing Teheran’s contact with fissile material. Despite intense negotiations, Teheran flirts with refusal, alleging that it would only perpetuate its dependency on foreign powers. Moreover, the IAEA has openly declared that some of Iran’s figures for fissile material stock simply...
...clichéd finale of brining in a deus ex machina, the US and the European Union have several ways to reach the climax in this story, yet all share the recurring quality of ambiguity. The first one is the status quo: keep pressuring and negotiating with both Teheran and the Kremlin, and writing large checks for opposition groups from CIA accounts. In a time of urgency, however, this might seem like a more long-term project than Brussels or Washington are willing to accommodate...
...supreme UN organ as well as the IAEA, would strengthen multilateral dialogue, in clear contrast with the monologue of preemptive ideology. Nevertheless, due to economic ties and resulting foreign policies, countries like China or Russia are unlikely to applaud such speeches, and their reluctance will only work for Teheran...
...flashback to 1981 and the Israeli air strikes on Osirak, Saddam’s best shot at nuclear proliferation. The protagonist for such move could be not only the over-stretched U.S., but also Israel, the only nuclear power of the region, and a indefatigable antagonist of Teheran. Yet, such a move would assure full-fledged war with the theocracy, and the latter’s main power lies not in Shehab-3 missiles that can reach Jerusalem, but in the power it has over oil prices, everyone’s Achilles’ heel. Furthermore, leaders like Ayatollah Khamenei...