Iran: Bringing Crisis to a Head.

The issue of Iran and nuclear weapons is fast coming to a head. The Iranian dictator truly believes it is the end times prophecy and he is going to lead Islam to victory. I see Israel or the US acting soon to end the Threat as we all know the UN doesn't have the balls to act.

Iran rejects Western "bullying" in nuclear dispute
By Paul Hughes

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran vowed on Thursday not to compromise in its nuclear dispute with the West, and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran would not be bullied.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Iran was probably the number one challenge for Washington and would be a major threat to U.S. Middle East interests if it acquired atomic bombs. Iran says its nuclear program is only for civilian use.

Russia, anxious to avert any move to impose U.N. sanctions on Iran, urged Tehran to cooperate with U.N. nuclear inspectors.

Speaking a day after it became clear the U.N. Security Council would take up the Iran standoff, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei -- ultimate decision-maker in the Islamic Republic -- urged officials not to give in to Western pressure.

RICE WARNS
Rice said Tehran's vision of the Middle East was totally opposed to Washington's, reiterating concerns that Iran was backing anti-Israel militants and meddling in neighboring Iraq.

She told a congressional hearing in Washington that the threat from Iran could grow exponentially.

"If you can take that and multiply it by several hundred, you can imagine Iran with a nuclear weapon and the threat they would then pose to that region," said Rice.

"We may face no greater challenge from a single country."

OIL EXPORTS
Some Iranian officials have hinted that if pressed or threatened, Iran could curb oil exports, or stir trouble for the United States or Israel in the region, where it has links with militants in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.

Iran, which concealed its nuclear activities from the IAEA for 18 years, has striven to avoid being hauled before the Security Council. It says it is being singled out unfairly over its nuclear activities compared to India, Pakistan and Israel. Read it All
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