“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw
Feb 12, 2025
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LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS TODAY with the RISKS and CONSEQUENCES of TOMORROW
Trump just can’t leave well enough alone. In one breath he mentions cooperation and in the next he serves up threats — or whatever opposing thoughts are rattling around in his own mind. That means that he can never be trusted to do what he says he will do, or even what he might do. And it’s not just to Iran that he provokes these double standards.
His contradictory statements are everywhere, including issues in the country of his own so-called presidency. The truth is that he is a deranged pathological liar who doesn’t mentally understand facts from fiction so he is continuously contradicting himself, meaning that Trump is —to misquote Shakespeare’s view of life in “Macbeth”— “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” ~llaw
(Read the “Al Jazeera” article in today’s Post to see why Iran is so upset with Trump’s new U.S. presidency and what they intend to do about it . . .)
‘Go forward’: Iran’s Khamenei urges military growth amid Trump threats
Trump has suggested using force to stop Iran’s nuclear programme, in statements condemned by Tehran at UN.
Published On 12 Feb 202512 Feb 2025
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the country to further develop its military capabilities after United States President Donald Trump threatened to use force if Tehran does not negotiate on its nuclear programme.
Speaking on Wednesday after visiting an exhibition in the country’s capital showcasing the latest defence sector developments, Khamenei said “progress should not be stopped”.
“We cannot be satisfied,” Khamenei said. “Say that we previously set a limit for the accuracy of our missiles, but we now feel this limit is no longer enough. We have to go forward.”
“Today, our defensive power is well known, our enemies are afraid of this. This is very important for our country,” he said.
The statements come after Iran’s representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, condemned what he called Trump’s “reckless and inflammatory statements” and warned that “any act of aggression will have severe consequences”.
In a letter to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Iravani referred to Trump’s recent media interviews, in which the US leader suggested stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons could be achieved either “with bombs or with a written piece of paper”.
“I would much rather do a deal that’s not gonna hurt them,” Trump told Fox News on Monday, adding that “I’d love to make a deal with them without bombing them.”
Tensions have ratcheted since Trump took office in January and reinstated his “maximum pressure” policy against Iran over concerns the country was seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
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All Things Nuclear
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WRVO
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The Cool Down
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Nuclear Power
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Constellation Energy
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Japan to increase nuclear power as new crisis overshadows Fukushima | RNZ News
RNZ
A 2011 earthquake and tsunami killed 20.000 and sparked the partial meltdown of a nuclear power plant.
‘An act of betrayal’: Japan to maximise nuclear power 14 years after Fukushima disaster
The Guardian
Tokyo wants to drop attempts to lessen its reliance on nuclear power, according to a draft energy plan.
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
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PM Modi Seeks Small Nuclear Reactors Deals with US, France: Why SMRs Are Crucial
Down To Earth
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Russia, Ukraine trade strikes on energy sites | The Daily Star
The Daily Star
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Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
Iran alerts UN to Trump threat of force, says it will defend itself | Reuters
Reuters
… nuclear weapon over bombing the country. “These reckless … Iran’s Khamenei cites need to further develop Iran’s military after Trump threats.
‘Go forward’: Iran’s Khamenei urges military growth amid Trump threats – Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi on nuclear threats, global tensions, and the future of atomic security. … Iran warns any attack on its nuclear sites would …
EFIS 2025: Russia’s nuclear threat is a tool to influence the West – news | ERR
news | ERR
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Nuclear War
NEWS
Don’t Let American Allies Go Nuclear – Federation of American Scientists
Federation of American Scientists
More allies are asking now, just as they did during the Cold War if America would really risk Boston to protect Berlin, or Seattle to protect Seoul.
The fires of Hiroshima and Los Angeles: Apocalypse redux – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Postol, T. A.: Possible Fatalities from Superfires Following Nuclear Attack. Medical Implications of Nuclear War, F. Solomon and R. Q. Marston (eds), …
Message To the US and Russia: Don’t Think About Nuclear War – IDN-InDepthNews
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Some of us believed that at the end of the Cold War in 1991 American and Soviet nuclear rockets would be left to rust and rot in their silos. Indeed, …
Yellowstone Caldera
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