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Iran Warns America with "harm and pain"

"The United States has the power to cause harm and pain. But the United States is also susceptible to harm and pain. So if that is the path that the U.S. wishes to choose, let the ball roll," said Ali Asghar Soltanieh, a senior Iranian delegate to the IAEA. This was due to the threat of possible action against Iran by the UN. Also the end of Wednesdays meeting of the UN, the path for Security Council action. Also the IAEA would send it's report on Iran by Thursday, said Ebaradei. John Bolton, America's ambassador to the United Nations, said on a phone call,"Their [Iran's] threats show why leaving a country like that with a nuclear weapon is so dangerous," in reference to Iran's recent comments.
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Elbaradei's Words of Wisdom

"What we need now at this stage is a cool-headed approach, to lower the rhetoric. The Middle East is a very volatile area," said Elbaradei as the Wednesday meeting ended. He regretted that Russia and the EU diplomacy failed, on the Russian compromise. He also said that quick sanctions were not the way to go, as they would only harden Iran and strengthen it's leaders.
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The Sanctions Wont Work

"I don't think sanctions as a means to solve a crisis have ever achieved a goal in the recent history," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. "We are convinced that there is no military solution to this crisis." "I have been answering these questions regarding Iraq and I don't believe we should engage in something which might become self-fulfilling prophesy," said the minister when asked whether the situation reminded him of the council's consideration of whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction before the U.S.-led 2003 invasion.
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UN action next week

"We believe that next Monday or Tuesday the U.N. Security Council will begin very active debate," said Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns. Another undersecretary of State,Robert Joseph, wrote that he believed that Iran would feel less threatened to use force, with either chemical, biological and nuclear arms, if it possessed a nuclear arm.
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