Transcript The Nuclear Project - Honestly Concerned

The Free World vs.
the Axis of Evil:
IRAN
By Brig. Gen. (Res.) Ephraim Lapid
Israel
Nov. 2007
Brigadier General (Res.) Ephraim Lapid is one of Israel's leading authorities in Public and Military Affairs, Middle
Eastern Current Affairs. He has had a rich career in military and public service. General Lapid served as a Senior
Intelligence officer in the Israel Defense Forces (I.D.F) including the Operation Officer of the Intelligence in the 70
's. He was after I.D.F. Spokesperson for 5 years and Instructor in the Israeli National Defense College. After retiring
from the Israeli Military he served as a senior official in the Jewish Agency. He is a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University and
of National Defense at Ariel College. Ephraim Lapid holds a B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic from the
Hebrew University, an M.A. in Political Science and a teaching certificate.
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Index
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Area
Population
Economy
History
Germany – Iran relations
The Nuclear Project
The Nuclear Project – Positions of various parties
The Nuclear Project – ways to prevent
The Nuclear Project – where do we go?
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Iran - Area
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1.6 m. Km².
17 th Place in the world
4x Germany
80x Israel
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Iran - Population
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Almost 70 m. People
(10x Israel)
18th Place in the world
90% Shi’ites
40% Illiterate
150,000 People, mostly high educated, leave every
year to the west
Religious Regime rules most patterns of life, and
many youth enter internet and listen to western
music
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Iran Economy
GDP per capita – $8,250
 Annual income per capita $2,440
 Second largest state of the OPEC
Countries
 10% of reservoir of global oil
 Second largest country in reservoir
of Natural Gas
 Second major branch – agriculture
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Iran - History
1951 – first Democratic
Elections- Prime Minister Mossadeq
 1953 – Revolution
the Shah Pahlavi, Western orientation
 1979 – Islamic revolution, Khomeini,
The leader of Iran
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Germany - Iran Relations
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Germany – Iran’s no. 1 trading partner
providing vital investments for Iran’s
economy
2/3 of Iranian industry relies on German
engineering products
5,000 German companies do business with
Iran
1,750 companies are registered as members
of the German- Iranian Chamber of
Commerce in Teheran
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The Nuclear Project
Started in the era of the Shah with 2 reactors for
the production of electricity
 1979 Khomeini halted the project
out of ideology and fear
 1993 Rafsanjani established
Special Target Force of thousands
of engineers to study abroad
Coming back with rich know-how
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The Nuclear Project
Original goal – to defend Iran from Pakistan,
India and Iraq
 Later – Israel and the U.S as major enemies to
be attacked by nuclear weapons
 Major Ahmadinejad’s statement :
To destroy Israel
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The Nuclear Project –
Positions of various parties
UN – Security Council resolution 1737
(Dec.2006) – Sanctions.
Resolution 1741(March 2007)
 IAEA – is dealing now , looking for response
of IRAN up to Nov.22
 U.S. – leads global pressure, including
economic sanctions
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The Nuclear Project –
Positions of various parties
The Europeans (France, UK, Germany)
Russia – supplier of items for AE. Against
sanctions
China - supplier of items for AE. Against
sanctions
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The Nuclear Project –
Ways to prevent
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Political pressure
Dissuasion
Economic pressure
Military force
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The Nuclear Project –
 Where
do we go?!
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The End???
THANK YOU
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