Iran's United Nations delegation accused the Security Council of "emboldening" an Israeli official into threatening to attack Iran over its nuclear weapons development program, according to Iran's state-run media.
"The Israeli regime has been emboldened due to carelessness and silence of the Security Council," the delegation said in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the U.N. Security Council, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported Saturday.
The letter was a reaction to a story printed Friday by Israel's largest mass-circulation daily, which quotes Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz threatening to attack Iran if it continues to develop nuclear weapons.
"The window of opportunity has closed. The sanctions are not effective," said Mofaz, who was born in Iran in 1948. "There will be no alternative but to attack Iran in order to stop the Iranian nuclear program."
But the most recent report by International Atomic Energy Agency hints at frustrations from the agency's investigators, who say Iran is withholding critical information that could determine whether it is trying to make nuclear weapons.
Shortly after last month's report was released, Ali Larijani, formerly Iran's top nuclear negotiator, was overwhelmingly elected as parliament speaker -- and immediately warned that Tehran may reconsider cooperating with the IAEA.
Yep, you read that right. Iran is complaining about Israel threatening them. I wonder if they bother to listen to Ahmadinejad's speeches? Pot, meet kettle.
Travis
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