I’ve been looking at the past weeks news articles regarding the
Iran’s nuclear fuel debate.

I found that the majority of articles (worldwide) have focused mainly around the two sanctions imposed on Iran by the Security Council because of fears that Iran will use the nuclear plant to create nuclear weapons.

The Sydney Morning Herald (April 22^nd) placed more emphasis on
Iran’s feelings toward the sanctions and uses quotes for reinforcement –

“The Security Council has no right to take this right away from the people”

“Exploiting peaceful nuclear technology is a legitimate and indispensable right of the Iranian people”

-Manouchehr Mottaki

The AFX International Focus (20^th April) quoted Akbar Hashemi  in relation to the sanctions “we will not give up our rights but we can guarantee that we are following the peaceful path in the nuclear sector and will not take the military path”

BBC Monitoring Middle East (20th April) coveys that
Iran is being “bullied” by the West. “Ahmadinezhad’s serious warning about the illegal and bullying behaviour of some of the global powers in Iran’s nuclear case and stressing that they should not take measures that make the Iranian people – contrary to their inclination and their move in the peaceful path – change their mind in following the laws that have been made by them, was in fact giving an ultimatum against the West’s bullying an ultimatum that was not given yesterday just by the president, but by many authorities and the people.”

“Reaching the last nuclear phase, despite the extensive pressures exerted by some of the Western countries that have turned the Security Council into a tool for their political bullying, is in fact the proof that levers such as sanctions and political games are not effective. The country’s increasing advancements in these fields showed that these methods do not have any positive achievements for the ones taking advantage of them; and at the same time, the experience of these countries should have proven them coercion and threats have only had opposite results for them.”

And the Iranian’s goals – “Iran says it wants to generate nuclear electricity to allow it to export more of its valuable oil and gas.”

Generally, the articles from various publications carry the same theme, about the sanctions imposed and Iran’s reactions. They all touch on the news principals such as “it must strive to make the significant interesting and relevant” “its first loyality is to its citizens”

Impact and consequence – at the moment, it is unsure what impact and consequences the production of nuclear fuel will have – hence the debate between the countries. The production could have a positive impact on Iran by generating nuclear electricity, or it could have a very negative impact on the rest of the world if
Iran chooses to create nuclear weapons at the plant.

Conflict – major conflict between
Iran and the United Nations. It appears
Iran is fighting a battle with the rest of the world

Timeliness – the story can be considered as breaking news as it has the possibility to affect every country all over the world.

Proximity – terrorism is a world spread issue and a major factor in nuclear fuel production, I think every news organisation has an invested interest in
Iran at this time.

Currency – when this story first came out, it was apparent that it would be ongoing