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The business angle on Iran:

First World countries want enriching uranium enrichment business

by Web Minister and Comrade Oz

On August 22, Iran announced that the European Union's proposal regarding nuclear energy was a good basis for serious negotiation. MIM is guessing that the West will find some means of finding Iran's response inadequate. On August 31, the Security Council of the United Nations will hold a meeting where the topic could arise. The British imperialist "Telegraph" is already playing the August 22nd reply by Iran as a rejection of the EU offer.(1)

In addition to military insecurities that lead to political insecurities that Bush needs to win elections for his party in November 2006, there is also a business angle.

Thus far, it appears that Russian imperialism is muscling in on Iran's nuclear energy business. On the surface, the united $tates is approving that business if it occurs within Russian borders, even if very near Iran. At the same time, politeness aside, there is a business competition angle we need to sort out.

The imperialists each want the value-adding industries connected to uranium. That includes selling reactors and their fuels, not just preventing nuclear military proliferation.

These imperialist powers and their nuclear bombs are the real threat to world peace especially to the relatively defenseless Third World. The openly proclaimed threats against Iran by imperialists to use their nuclear weapons show that they are the real threat.

Iran is insisting on its rights to develop its nuclear technology including developing its technologies in the enrichment of uranium. U.$. imperialism junior partners au$tralia and kanada are as usual playing an active role in supporting the united $tates in this game.

Au$tralia and kanada as nations currently supply more than half of the world's uranium. By itself Saskatchewan provides 30 percent of the world market while Australia has 40% of the world's known reserves of uranium.

The same multinational companies are active in the rest of the world. Now Cameco Corporation and French-based Areva are discussing "building uranium processing facilities near"(2) Saskatchewan mines.

Kanada is moving into value-adding enrichment. Australia too has established an "enquiry" on its value-adding feasibility.

"Saskatchewan's Industry and Resources Minister, Eric Cline. . . says the move into processing makes sense. "'There are several processes that uranium has to go through to be processed for nuclear power but at least some of the initial work should be done in Saskatchewan, so that we have a value-added component to the industry, rather than just selling the raw material,' Cline says." (2)

Prime Minister Howard in Australia says the same thing:

"'I've always maintained that holding the reserves of uranium that we do, it is foolish to see ourselves simply as an exporter of uranium. . . . I think we should also look at the value-added process, which is principally enrichment.'"(3)

Tsk, tsk, Mssrs. Bourgeoisie: while pushing ahead yourselves, you seem to be opposing Iran's "free enterprise" spirit. You should be more careful about spouting such socialism in the future.

It's not that the Western press is biased. We're sure that these leading lights of the journalistic world don't take business from HSBC, which handled Areva stock deals for instance. Nor do these papers belong to any of the corporations accepting Areva TV, magazine or newsprint ads we are sure; even though they are ubiquitous. After all, under capitalism there is never any systematic reason to doubt the motives of our press. And anyway, there is no serious political issue to figure out just because the united $tates already has psy-war and spotter troops in Iran and has threatened to bring about Christian Rapture via doomsday.

Notes:
1. David Blair, " Sanctions threat as Iran defies UN over atomic plan,"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/23/wiran23.xml 2. Australian Financial Times 11Aug06.
3. http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/switkowski-to-head-nuclear-inquiry/2006/06/06/1149359732509.html