Iran's president also threatened that, in light of the plan to debate the issue in the UN, his country might even pull out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Meanwhile, the Sunday Telegraph reports that the US military is drawing up plans for "devastating bombing raids backed by submarine-launched ballistic missile attacks against Iran's nuclear sites."
The Iranian demand and threats, revealed by unnamed "diplomats," were reminiscent of the Egyptian demand in May 1967 for UN peacekeeping forces to leave the Suez Canal area. Egypt thus signaled its intention to attack Israel, though Israel pre-empted the move in what became the Six Day War.
North Korea left the non-proliferation treaty three years ago, and shortly afterwards went public with its nuclear weapons program.
The International Atomic Energy Agency is now left with only the most basic means to monitor Iran's nuclear activities.
Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz, in Sicily for a NATO conference, met afterwards with his Russian counterpart and warned him against cooperating with Iran. Mofaz noted the three-fold aspect of the Iranian threat upon Israel: nuclear development, an extremist anti-Semitic president, and long distance ground-to-ground missiles.
Mofaz said that the UN's taking up the issue is not sufficient, and that international sanctions against Iran are a must.
The Sunday Telegraph reports that US military strategic planners are identifying targets, assessing weapon-loads and working on logistics for a military operation against Iran - in the event that diplomacy does not work.
The "virulent anti-Israeli threats of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad" and the reports of Iranian nuclear progress have prompted the U.S. to reconsider its hesitation to attack militarily. The most likely strategy, the Telegraph reports, would involve aerial bombardment by long-distance B2 bombers, each armed with up to 40,000 lbs. of precision weapons.
The paper said that U.S. President George Bush will be faced with the decision of whether to attack "within two years."
Meanwhile, the Sunday Telegraph reports that the US military is drawing up plans for "devastating bombing raids backed by submarine-launched ballistic missile attacks against Iran's nuclear sites."
The Iranian demand and threats, revealed by unnamed "diplomats," were reminiscent of the Egyptian demand in May 1967 for UN peacekeeping forces to leave the Suez Canal area. Egypt thus signaled its intention to attack Israel, though Israel pre-empted the move in what became the Six Day War.
North Korea left the non-proliferation treaty three years ago, and shortly afterwards went public with its nuclear weapons program.
The International Atomic Energy Agency is now left with only the most basic means to monitor Iran's nuclear activities.
Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz, in Sicily for a NATO conference, met afterwards with his Russian counterpart and warned him against cooperating with Iran. Mofaz noted the three-fold aspect of the Iranian threat upon Israel: nuclear development, an extremist anti-Semitic president, and long distance ground-to-ground missiles.
Mofaz said that the UN's taking up the issue is not sufficient, and that international sanctions against Iran are a must.
The Sunday Telegraph reports that US military strategic planners are identifying targets, assessing weapon-loads and working on logistics for a military operation against Iran - in the event that diplomacy does not work.
The "virulent anti-Israeli threats of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad" and the reports of Iranian nuclear progress have prompted the U.S. to reconsider its hesitation to attack militarily. The most likely strategy, the Telegraph reports, would involve aerial bombardment by long-distance B2 bombers, each armed with up to 40,000 lbs. of precision weapons.
The paper said that U.S. President George Bush will be faced with the decision of whether to attack "within two years."