If Omar at Iraq the Model is right, fifteen thousand Iranians have volunteered for suicide attacks in Iraq.
The registration process started in last June following the clashes between the coalition forces in Iraq and Sadr’s militia in Najaf and the latest clashes have “provoked more people to volunteer”.
Memories of the brigades of child martyrs in the Iran-Iraq war….
The Iranian government said that this initiative has nothing to do with the government and refused the accusations of interfering in Iraq’s internal affairs saying that the Iraqi officials need to prove these accusations or remain silent.
Meanwhile the dialogue between Iran and the “EU-3” – France Germany and the UK – over the question of nuclear technology is, um, not going well:
The “EU-3” were trying to convince Iranian officials to honour an earlier deal to suspend its controversial uranium enrichment programme, which is ostensibly designed to make fuel for nuclear power stations but could also be used to make fissile material for nuclear bombs.
Iranian officials refused point-blank to comply, saying they had every right under international law to pursue “peaceful” nuclear technology.
They then stunned the Europeans by presenting a letter setting out their own demands.
Iran said the EU-3 should support Iran’s quest for “advanced (nuclear) technology, including those with dual use” – a reference to equipment that has both civilian and military applications.
The Europeans should “remove impediments” preventing Iran from having such technology, and stick to these commitments even if faced with “legal (or) political . . . limitations”, an allusion to American pressure or even future international sanctions against Iran.
More astonishingly, Iran said the EU-3 should agree to meet Iran’s requirements for conventional weapons and even “provide security assurances” against a nuclear attack on Iran.
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