Nuclear Activities of Iranian government threaten world peace

The United Nations Security Council is in a state of fear over Iran’s latest nuclear weapons move. A leaked confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a UN nuclear watchdog, warns that Iran may be in the process of developing a nuclear payload for a missile. Others report that Iran is enriching uranium at higher levels than before.
Previously, Iran produced uranium for energy purposes to an enrichment of 3.5 percent. It is believed that the Iranian government has now created a relatively small batch of uranium enriched to at least 20 percent.
 Although Iran insists that it needs this highly enriched uranium for a reactor producing medical isotopes, many in the international community, especially in the West, are concerned that Iran is really intent on producing a nuclear weapon.
 The White House said the findings show Iran was “failing to meet its international responsibilities” and would have to face consequences for its actions. P.J. Crowley, a spokesman for the Department of State, echoed these sentiments, saying that the findings reflected “our ongoing concern about Iran’s activities.”
 It is no secret that the U.S. has pushed for sanctions against Iran until it agrees to comply with international standards on the enrichment of uranium, but with resources concentrated on other ongoing wars, American action against the Iranian government needs international support. This latest report may provide just that. It essentially raises international concerns over the allegedly undisclosed activities related to Iran’s nuclear program. The report also articulates an urgency in allowing Iran to cooperate with IAEA investigators so as to difuse concerns “about the possible military dimensions to [the Iranian] nuclear programme.”
 Despite mounting pressure and the threat of real consequences, Iran continues to deny nuclear claims, insisting that it has no intention of producing a nuclear weapon. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seems to be showing signs that he feels the intensified international pressure that is mounting. His latest reactions, which have done little to drum up American sympathy toward Iran, have been counter threats aimed at opposition. Late last week, Ahmadinejad told a televised press conference that, “if anyone does anything against Iran, then our response won’t be the same as in the past. No, we will definitely react and make them regretful.”
Comments like these do nothing to ease our concern or to diffuse the growing tension among the international community.