Saturday, March 11, 2006

This will give you a little info on the characters that are in play in the Nuclear Crisis.

Iranians

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:
Occupation: President of Iran.
This is the guy you'll see in most articles. He's a radical, religious and conservative. His term started on August the 3rd 2005. He first talked about Nuclear power on January the 11th, stating, "A nation which has culture, locivilizationtion does not need nuclear weapons. The countries which seek nuclear weapons are those which want to solve all problems by the use of force. Our nation does not need sweapon'sons."; He has been the center of attention for some while now. He is accused of participating in the American hostage situation in Tehran, denial for the holocaust and calling for the destruction of Israel.
Qutoe: “Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury.”

Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi
Occupation: Interior Minister of Iran
Quote: “If sanctions are imposed, we will definitely use the oil tool and other tools and we will stop at nothing.”

Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar
Iran’s Defence Minister
Quote: “We have obtained the technology. Whatever reaction the enemies show is not very important for our nation.”

Ali Larijani
Occupation: Iran's top nuclear negotiator
As his occupation says, he's a negotiator.
Quote: “Iran is a tough target which cannot be confronted.”

Americans
George W. Bush
Occupation: President
On his second term now. So he gots nothing to lose. Has standed beside Israel through thick and through thin and will probably support an Israeli led attack on Iran id there is ever one. He has also stated that Iran is part of the axis of evil and many believe that he will order an attack on Iran.
Quote: "Second, we're determined to deny weapons of mass destruction to outlaw regimes, and to their terrorist allies who would use them without hesitation."

Condoleezza Rice
Occupation: U.S. Secretary of State
Possible runner for president in 2008. Tough talker against Iran.
Quote: "I do think the Security Council will need to take into consideration this move by Iran."

John Bolton
Occupation: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Known for his controversial statements, such as the Un doesn't exist without America.
Quote: "There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference."

The UN
Mohamed ElBaradei
Occupation: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief
When ever the IAEA has to say something, he'll be doing the talking.
Quote: "We need to bite the bullet and see how we can move beyond nuclear weapons deterrence, and I think that we have not done that yet. "

Others
Ehud Olmert
Occupation: Israeli president
Another tough talker against Iran.
Quote: "Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability."

Sergey Lavrov
Occupation: Russian Foreign Minister
He has been constantly trying to create a diplomatic solution with Iran, but it's not working.
Quote: “We do not agree that this matter should be sent to the Security Council.”

2 comments:

John Smith said...

Who else should join this list?

Anonymous said...

Hmmm...

Perhaps some people from the other Security Council members, like France, Russia, and the UK--I'm thinking Jacques Chirac, Vladimir Putin, and Tony Blair/Jack Straw. Definitely Kofi Annan, maybe a couple more Israeli officials...

Runners-up include officials from India, China, Japan, and Germany, simply to get a flavor for global opinion.

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