steph kollmer "nothing to conceal"

i. citation
steph kollmer
"Nothing to Conceal"
Iran Daily
May 28, 2008

ii. summary: The International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] checked Iran's nuclear program and has approved it to be of civilian nature again. This is the 12th time that they have said that it is safe. Even though this event took place, some countries still don't agree that the program is really for civilians. There is no proof that Iran is producing nuclear energy for reasons other than their economic development program, but there is still some suspicion from other nations that they have other ideas for the nuclear energy.

iii. reactions
a) This article has to do with the AP theme impact and interaction among and within major societies because it deals with the impacts of Iran's nuclear program on other countries. There is interaction between the countries contradicting the program and Iran.
b) There has always been suspicion of Iran for producing nuclear power for things other than their new economic program, and they are getting fed up that the IAEA has to keep checking up on their program because people suspect that there are other things going on. Even though the IAEA says that the program is safe, other nations still don't. The IAEA has been forced to approve their nuclear program 12 times and they have visited Iran's uranium enrichment facilities 14 times without prior notice since March 2007.
c) The point of view is a male from Iran, who is probably an outsider on the actual situation, but probably has some idea of what is going on from living in the country.
d) Since the author of the article is Iranian, it is not surprising that Iran is being reported as the victim here. The article only says how Iran is always being suspected of terrorism and other things when they didn't do anything. Also, the article says that the US and Britain have done everything they could to hide the positive points of the program.
e) The point of view missing here is that of the US, Britain, and the other countries that suspected that Iran's program would be dangerous. They probably had a reason to have the IAEA check the program so many times, which is not stated in this article.
f) I think that this article is definitely bias, but I don't really know that much about Iran's nuclear program, so I can't really say which side I think is right. I think that it is good that the IAEA is constantly checking the safety of nuclear programs.