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Viewing cable 06SAOPAULO686, MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN'S NUCLEAR

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06SAOPAULO686 2006-06-20 13:49 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0075
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0686 1711349
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 201349Z JUN 06
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5287
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 6386
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 7200
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 2491
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000686 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD 
 
DEPT PASS USTR 
 
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN'S NUCLEAR 
PROGRAM; SAO PAULO 
 
 
"Iran And Nuclear Weapons" 
 
Sao Paulo State Secretary of Environment Jose Goldemberg maintained 
in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (6/20): "Iran is testing the 
limits imposed on its sovereignty by the Non Proliferation Treaty, 
and by doing that has created an enormous problem with the 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that can lead to the 
application of political and economic sanctions and also a military 
intervention by the UN Security Council or even a US unilateral 
action, as happened in Iraq.... For many years Iran tried to obtain 
clandestinely from Pakistan uranium enrichment technology, and 
ignored IAEA controls. By doing so, it increased suspicions that it 
really intended to develop nuclear weapons.... According to the NPT, 
however, the signatory nations have the 'inalienable right' to 
develop all nuclear technology - including that involving uranium 
enrichment - provided that the purpose is a peaceful one. The 
problem is that the US does not accept that Iran is carrying out 
uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes because of Tehran's 
clandestine activities in the past, which does not recommend that 
nation as a reliable partner." 
McMullen