Day 353

Iran's Nuclear Dreams

From the Voice of America....

Iran's foreign minister has turned in his country's new nuclear program proposal to the U.N. Security Council's leading nations. Details of the proposal have yet to be released, but the U.S. envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran is getting closer to making a nuclear bomb. 

It was a picture-perfect moment. In an attempt to spur nuclear talks, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki presented a package to the ambassadors of leading world powers in Tehran. But, one heavyweight world power was missing.

The United States, which does not have official diplomatic relations with Iran. But U.S. President Barack Obama has called for Iran to discuss its disputed nuclear program with world powers by the end of September.

Iran's ambassador to the U.N. nuclear agency, Aliasghar Soltanieh, says the proposal contains compromises on security, economic and nuclear issues. He says Iran would like to hold a new round of talks within the framework of the presented proposal.

Hiroshima Anniversary

Today marks the 64th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.  50,000 people gathered at the A-bomb Dome to mark the tragic day.  At the event, the mayor of Hiroshima called for the eradication of nuclear arms by 2020.  

Day 309

More Nuclear News

Yesterday India launches its first Nuclear Powered Submarine.  Today, Iran criticizes the United States' disapproval of Tehran's suspected nuclear program development. Hopefully this MADness is just a war of words.

From the Al Jazeera article:

The comments came after Hillary Clinton last week said the US would arm its allies in the Gulf region if Iran built a nuclear weapon.

"There is no need for the US to provide a defence umbrella for the neighbouring countries," Hassan Qashqavi, a foreign ministry spokesman, said on Monday.

"It is enough to tell its ally, the Zionist regime and convince it for the issue of disarmament and dismantle its own 200 nuclear warheads from the occupied territories.

"It automatically will bring security to the region and all countries of the region will feel secure. The solution for defence umbrella is removing nuclear warheads of the Zionist regime and has no other way."

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North Korea

North Korea has threatened to carry out a second nuclear test unless the United National Security Council apologises for criticism of its rocket launch earlier this month.

With time to spare!

I finished today's handkerchief early.  It is very nice to have some breathing space.  I cooked a nice meal and plan to do some prep work for the rest of the month.  

Nuclear

I came across this image this morning.  It's such an abstract shape in itself.  So simple, so static, almost helpless.  This could be a minimalist sculptural object.  But, that it is not.  

Seeing the above image reminded me of something I used to pass by on my drive to San Diego back in my undergraduate years.  For the longest time, I had no idea what they were.  These objects are almost comical in comparison, but pack the same punch in terms of their purpose.