AHMADINEJAD ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS

"... Ahmadinejad scoffed at the notion of an Iranian nuclear buildup. "A nuclear weapon? For what? For what purpose?" Ahmadinejad said in an interview with the Associated Press. "Why would we do that? What would we use it for?"

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/ahmadinejad-u-n-assembly-speech-video-155849849.html

IRAN CLARIFIES MEANING OF "WIPE OFF MAP"

"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made clear what he meant when he said Israel should be "wiped off" the map... asked in response to whether Israel should be "wiped off" the face of the map, as he once said... (he replied)... "So when we say 'to be wiped,' we say for occupation to be wiped off from this world. For war-seeking to (be) wiped off and eradicated, the killing of women and children to be eradicated.... The path is to recognize the right of the Palestinians to self-governance."
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/24/world/meast/iran-ahmadinejad-interview/index.html

IRAN SAYS STRIKE WOULD TRIGGER WW III


"Israel is stepping up threats of carrying out a unilateral strike against Iran’s nuclear energy facilities before the US presidential election on November 6... Israeli threats are based on the unsubstantiated claims that the peaceful nuclear activities of the Islamic Republic have been diverted to the acquisition of military nuclear capability...
"A senior Iranian military commander has warned that an Israeli strike on the Islamic Republic could trigger the World War III... "the situation would spin out of control and management; this war is likely to degenerate into the World War III. It means that some countries might enter the war in favor of or against Iran,” Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said on Al-Alam television."



http://presstv.com/detail/2012/09/23/263155/cmrdr-warns-of-wwiii-if-iran-attacked/

ATTACK ON POWER LINES TO IRANIAN NUCLEAR FACILITIES

"... power lines between the holy city of Qom and the underground Fordow nuclear centrifuge facility were blown up with explosives on Aug. 17.... the power lines leading to Iran’s Natanz facilities were blown up as well.... power cut off is one of the ways to break down centrifuge machines... U.S. Special Forces have trained for sabotage missions inside Iran for years. “From the first reports, this attack looks like something from our guys..."

http://news.yahoo.com/sabotaging-iran-nukes-084500157--politics.html

ISRAEL SAYS NO WAR IMMANENT

"... Amos Gilad, top aide to Defence Minister Ehud Barak... signaled on Saturday that there would be no unilateral attack on Iran in the coming weeks... (saying) "... it looks like it will be quiet... it seems to me that even the Iranians understand... and are not crossing the line .. of implementing and building a nuclear bomb..."

http://news.yahoo.com/israeli-official-signals-no-war-imminent-iran-174202360.html>http://news.yahoo.com/israeli-official-signals-no-war-imminent-iran-174202360.html

IRAQ HELPING IRAN SUPPLY ARMS TO SYRIA

"Iran has resumed shipping military equipment to Syria over Iraqi airspace... to the frustration of American officials... the flights have enabled Iran to provide supplies to the Syrian government despite the efforts Syrian rebels have made to seize several border crossings where Iranian aid has been trucked in... Iraq could take several steps to stop the flights, including insisting that cargo planes that depart from Iran en route to Syria land for inspection in Baghdad or declaring outright that Iraq’s airspace cannot be used for the flights..."
"The Iranians have even provided a cargo plane that the Syrian military can use to ferry men and supplies around the country... (and) Iraqi Shiite militia fighters... are now making their way to Syria to help the Assad government.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/world/middleeast/iran-supplying-syrian-military-via-iraq-airspace.html?_r=2

U.S. DISOWNS ISRAEL IF IT STRIKES IRAN

"... the US would not be “complicit” in an Israel strike against Iran... The Obama administration has put Israel on harsh notice that an attack on Iran to disrupt or delay its nuclear armament will be refused US missile backup - both in the course of the operation and to cover Israel’s back in the event of a counter-strike widening into a general Middle East conflict. The Netanyahu government will bear full and exclusive responsibility for the consequences of attacking Iran."
http://www.debka.com/article/22324/

IF ISRAEL ATTACKS IRAN, IRAN WILL ATTACK U.S. BASES

"Iran could hit U.S. bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities even if American forces played no role in the attack, the leader of Lebanon's Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah said... "A decision has been taken to respond and the response will be very great," Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said..."
http://news.yahoo.com/iran-could-strike-u-bases-israel-attacks-hezbollah-055101337.html

KHAMENEI SAYS IRAN HAS NO INTEREST IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS

"Iran has no interest in nuclear weapons but will keep pursuing peaceful nuclear energy, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told heads of state from developing countries in Tehran. Iran... host(ed) a summit of the 120-nation Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/30/ayatollah-khamenei-iran-nuclear-designs_n_1842039.html

IAEA REPORT: IRAN PROGRAM MAY BE BEYOND ISRAEL'S TO ABILITY STOP

"... the International Atomic Energy Agency... report has put Israel in a corner, documenting that Iran is close to... the capability to produce nuclear weapons in a location invulnerable to Israeli attack... (there) seems to be a consensus that Iran’s program may soon be beyond the reach of Israel’s military capability... Military professionals concede the potential effectiveness of an Israeli strike is decreasing as Iran moves more of its operations underground."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/world/middleeast/report-on-iran-nuclear-work-puts-israel-in-a-box.html?_r=2

IAEA CONCERNED ABOUT NUCLEAR SITES AT FORDO AND PARCHIN

"The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)... says Iran has doubled production capacity at the Fordo nuclear site... a facility buried deep inside a mountain near the holy city of Qom... Iran says the aim of the Fordo site is to enrich uranium for civilian use up to a maximum of 20%..."

"The overall Parchin complex is one of Iran's leading munitions centres - for the research, development and production of ammunition, rockets and high explosives. The Parchin site is suspected of being used for experiments related to nuclear weapons... the IAEA said the Parchin site had been "sanitised" and that Iran had "been conducting activities at that location that will significantly hamper the agency's ability to conduct effective verification", if inspectors were granted access..."

"... the IAEA concludes that it is unable to say that all nuclear material in Iran is for peaceful activities."

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19424097

IRAN ONLY WANTS "BREAKOUT CAPABILITY"

"There is no good evidence of an Iranian nuclear weapons program, and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has admitted as much publicly. The goal appears to be to attempt to prevent Iran from becoming sophisticated enough to have a breakout capability (i.e. to have the ability quickly to construct a warhead were they to decide to do so). The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, to which Iran is a signatory but Israel is not, guarantees countries the right to close the fuel cycle so as to construct nuclear electricity generation plants... (Iran says) civilian nuclear enrichment facilities... are for the production of electricity via nuclear reactors..."
http://www.juancole.com/2012/08/mitt-romneys-coming-war-on-iran-a-tale-of-two-conventions.html

IRAN CALLS FOR NUCLEAR ARMS BAN

"Iranian diplomatic leaders called for an international ban on nuclear arms by the year 2025... as the nation kicked off this year's Non-Aligned Nations Movement (NAM) Summit. Over 120 nations met in Tehran... "
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/27-2

IRAN COMMANDER WELCOMES ISRAELI STRIKE

"... Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the Revolutionary Guard's air force... says Israeli strike would give Iran a reason to attack Israel and get rid of the Jewish state forever... he also claims Israeli threats of a strike are just part of a psychological war against Iran."
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/senior-iranian-commander-welcomes-israeli-strike-1.459065

DESCRIPTION OF ISRAELI PLAN TO ATTACK IRAN

"... leaked text suggests that an Israeli operation would begin with a massive cyber attack against Iran's infrastructure, to "paralyse the regime and its ability to know what is happening within its borders". Ballistic missiles would be fired at Iranian nuclear targets, albeit with conventional non-nuclear warheads. Cruise missiles would be fired from Israeli submarines in the Gulf... According to the text, it will not be just the main Iranian nuclear facilities that are struck, but command-and-control systems; research-and-development facilities and the residences of senior personnel in the nuclear and missile development apparatus..."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19272737

ISRAEL MAY DRAG U.S. TO WAR BEFORE ELECTION

"More Washington insiders are coming to the conclusion that Israel’s leaders are planning to attack Iran before the U.S. election in November in the expectation that American forces will be drawn in.... Netanyahu gives every evidence of believing that — for the next 12 weeks — he is in the catbird seat and that, if he provokes hostilities with Iran, Obama will feel compelled to jump in with both feet, i. e., selecting from the vast array of forces already assembled in the area. Sadly, I believe Netanyahu is probably correct in that calculation. Batten down the hatches."
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/08/13-2

IRAN'S REFUSAL FOR ADVANCED NUCLEAR INSPECTIONS

"...(The) International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) verification under the Additional Protocol... (is) a voluntary but advanced nuclear safeguards standard introduced in the mid-1990s. ... if Iran wants to put an end to repeated Western calls for it to prove that its nuclear program is exclusively peaceful... the Additional Protocol is the solution. The one and only proof of a peaceful program that the non-proliferation community cannot contest are the assurances that can result from the IAEA's Protocol investigations: "no undeclared nuclear activities or material".
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NH08Ak01.html

OBAMA PLAYING FOR TIME

"... U.S. officials have repeatedly warned that Tehran will not be allowed to “play for time” in the negotiations. In fact, it is the Obama administration that is playing for time... (the) administration is “buying time” for a more pernicious agenda: time for covert action to sabotage Tehran’s nuclear program; time for sanctions to set the stage for regime change in Iran; and time for the United States, its European and Sunni Arab partners, and Turkey to weaken the Islamic Republic by overthrowing the Assad government in Syria..."
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/06/19-9

AMENDMENT REQUIRES STUDY OF CONSEQUENCES OF WAR WITH IRAN

"... the House of Representatives approved by voice vote an amendment to the Intelligence Authorization Act... aimed at highlighting the potential consequences of a war with Iran. The amendment requires that the Director of National Intelligence submit a report containing an assessment of the consequences of a military strike on Iran to congressional intelligence committees within 60 days of the intelligence bill's passage... the measure “will help slow down the rush towards war” with Iran by ensuring that the “broad impact[s] of a potential attack” are considered... the intention of the amendment was to ensure that the costs of a military strike on Iran, a possibility which is “openly [being] discussed as a policy option of last resort”, would first be thoroughly analyzed."
http://www.niacouncil.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8278&security=1&news_iv_ctrl=-1

U.S. "UN-DECLARES" WAR ON IRAN

"All 535 members of Congress are now on the record declaring that they have not authorized the use of military force against Iran... (a) unanimous 'un-declaration' of war by Congress... (by) a proviso in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)... (stipulating) that "nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing the use of force against Iran..."
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/23

ISRAEL FEARS IRAN AGREEMENT WILL CANCEL OPTION OF ATTACK

"Israel fears nuclear deal between Iran, world powers as Baghdad talks draw near... an ‘intermediate agreement’ between Islamic Republic and world powers on May 23 could cancel option of military strike... the feeling in Jerusalem is that Iran and the world powers are striving to reach a preliminary agreement concerning the nuclear program, which could forge a base for a permanent agreement between Iran, the U.S. and the other powers... Such an agreement will buy time for more talks, and tie Israel’s hands in terms of carrying out a unilateral strike.... Israel views the talks... with some bitterness, perhaps even with hopes that they will fail completely..."
http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/diplomania/israel-fears-nuclear-deal-between-iran-world-powers-as-baghdad-talks-draw-near-1.430423

U.S. A STATE SPONSOR OF MEK TERROR IN IRAN

"... the US has trained and funded a 'terrorist' organization in a bid to weaken the Iranian regime... the US has trained and funded members of the group know as Mujahideen-e-Khalq (M.E.K), who has become a prominent insurgent force in Iran... The Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) conducted training, beginning in 2005, for M.E.K., in Nevada. The group's brutal tactics had landed it on the US State Department’s list of foreign terrorist organizations; however, the report shows that the US continued to actively support them..."
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/06-0

IRAN NUCLEAR THREAT NOT IMMINENT

"The United States, European allies and even Israel generally agree on three things about Iran's nuclear program: Tehran does not have a bomb, has not decided to build one, and is probably years away from having a deliverable nuclear warhead. Those conclusions, drawn from extensive interviews with current and former U.S. and European officials with access to intelligence on Iran, contrast starkly with the heated debate surrounding a possible Israeli strike on Tehran's nuclear facilities...

"There is little argument, however, that Iran's leaders have taken steps that would give them the option of becoming a nuclear-armed power. Iran has enriched uranium, although not yet of sufficient quantity or purity to fuel a bomb, and has built secret enrichment sites, which were acknowledged only when unmasked. Iran has, in years past, worked on designing a nuclear warhead, the complicated package of electronics and explosives that would transform highly enriched uranium into a fission bomb. And it is developing missiles that could in theory launch such a weapon at a target in enemy territory..."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/23/us-iran-usa-nuclear-idUSBRE82M0G020120323

OBAMA THREATENS FORCE AGAINST IRAN OVER BOMB
U.N. charter prohibits both threats and force

"Barack Obama has delivered his starkest threat so far over Iran's nuclear ambitions, saying America is ''not bluffing'' when it warns military action could be used to stop Tehran acquiring the bomb.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-threatens-iran-on-bomb-20120303-1u9kn.html

But the U.N. Charter, to which the U.S. is a signatory, explicitly prohibits not just a military attack on another nation, but also the issuance of threats of such an attack.
"All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations."
--United Nations Charter, Chapter I, Article 2, Paragraph 4
http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/chapter1.shtml

U.S. AGENCIES SEE NO MOVE TO BUILD BOMB

"Even as the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said in a new report Friday that Iran had accelerated its uranium enrichment program, American intelligence analysts continue to believe that there is no hard evidence that Iran has decided to build a nuclear bomb. Recent assessments by American spy agencies are broadly consistent with a 2007 intelligence finding that concluded that Iran had abandoned its nuclear weapons program years earlier, according to current and former American officials. The officials said that assessment was largely reaffirmed in a 2010 National Intelligence Estimate, and that it remains the consensus view of America’s 16 intelligence agencies..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/world/middleeast/us-agencies-see-no-move-by-iran-to-build-a-bomb.html

IRAN REFUSES ACCESS TO SUSPECTED MILITARY NUCLEAR TECH SITE

"An IAEA report in November suggested Iran had pursued military nuclear technology... that Iran had built a large containment chamber at Parchin to conduct high-explosives tests [for bomb detonators]... (and) said there were "strong indicators of possible weapon development"... The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected secret atomic weapons research failed... the agency team requested access to the military site at Parchin. Iran did not grant permission for this visit to take place... The failure of the IAEA's mission may increase the chances of a strike by Israel on Iran."
http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-nuclear-watchdog-tehran-talks-disappointing-004927206.html

PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN WILL STAND WITH IRAN AGAINST U.S. AND ISRAEL
--Ahmadinejad, Zardari and Karzai at summit meeting of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan


"... the tripartite summit of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan (says) that Pakistan will support Iran in case of any possible aggression against it... The joint declaration says: "Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan will ensure respect of territorial sovereignty of each other and would not allow any threat emanating from their respective territories against each other".
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/18-0
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/18-Feb-2012/pakistan-won-t-help-us-attack-iran-says-zardari

IRAN ABLE TO MAKE FUEL FOR DYING REACTOR

"Iran will present a new advance in its atomic program Wednesday by loading domestically made nuclear fuel into a research reactor in the capital Tehran... President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would attend the event at a reactor which is running out of nuclear fuel originally provided by Argentina in the 1990s... laboratory-scale production of a single element for the reactor... Iran said it was forced to take this step to make fuel for the Tehran research reactor after failing to agree terms for a deal to obtain it from the West...."
http://news.yahoo.com/iran-unveil-nuclear-fuel-advance-report-192938473.html

INTEL CHIEF: IRAN HAS NOT DECIDED TO BUILD NUCLEAR WEAPONS

"... James R. Clapper Jr., the director of national intelligence, in prepared testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee... reiterated the American intelligence assessment that “Iran is keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons, in part by developing various nuclear capabilities that better position it to produce such weapons, should it choose to do so.” He added, “We do not know, however, if Iran will eventually decide to build nuclear weapons.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/world/intelligence-chief-sees-al-qaeda-likely-to-continue-fragmenting.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2

INDIA AND CHINA TO CONTINUE TO BUY IRANIAN OIL

"... EU foreign ministers this week agreed to a ban on oil imports from Iran as of 1 July... (But) India has no intention of following suit... officials in Delhi made clear they intended to carry on importing oil from Iran, despite the imposition of Western sanctions against Tehran... India buys 12 per cent of its oil from Iran, which is its second largest supplier after Saudi Arabia... China is the Islamic Republic’s largest customer, accounting for around 20 per cent of its exports, and has already made clear it has no plan to alter this arrangement..."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-pledges-to-continue-buying-oil-from-iran-6294530.html

ISRAEL SAYS IRAN HAS NOT DECIDED TO MAKE NUCLEAR BOMB

"... Defense Minister Ehud Barak said... Israel believes Iran itself has not yet decided whether to make a nuclear bomb... (and) that Israel was "very far off" from a decision about an attack on Iran over its nuclear program..."
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/barak-israel-very-far-off-from-decision-on-iran-attack-1.407953

U.S. ADDS 2nd CARRIER STRIKE GROUP AGAINST IRAN

"The U.S. military is now "fully prepared" to deal with any Iranian effort to close the Strait of Hormuz... The Navy this month added a second aircraft carrier strike group in the Middle East... The carriers are the USS Carl Vinson and the USS Abraham Lincoln, under the control of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command in Bahrain..."
http://news.yahoo.com/panetta-us-fully-prepared-iran-challenge-193126193.html

NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS ASSASSINATED - 3 DEAD, 1 WOUNDED IN 2 YEARS
State-sponsored terrorism

"... In January, 2010, a remote-controlled bomb attached to a motorcycle killed Masoud Ali Mohammadi, 50, who “taught neutron physics at Tehran University.” In November, 2010, two separate car bombs exploded within minutes of each other on the same day, one that killed nuclear scientist Majid Shahriar and wounded his wife, and the other which wounded another nuclear scientist, Fereidoun Abbasi, along with his wife. Then, in July of last year, Darioush Rezaei, 35, was shot dead and his wife was wounded by two gunmen firing from motorcycles... Rezaei “did his doctorate in neutron transport – which lies at the heart of nuclear chain reactions in reactors and bombs” and “was a member of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, the country’s official atomic energy commission.”

"And now... a 32-year-old university professor, Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, died when an assailant riding on a motorcycle attached a magnetic bomb to his car, which then detonated and killed him... the young scientist “was believed to be involved in procuring materials for Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz.”

"... Does anyone doubt that some combination of the two nations completely obsessed with Iran’s nuclear program — Israel and the U.S. — are responsible?"

http://www.salon.com/2012/01/11/more_murder_of_iranian_scientists_still_terrorism/?source=newsletter

IRANIANS SEE PURPOSE OF OIL SANCTIONS AS REGIME CHANGE
Not nuclear negotiations

"... the U.S. and its European partners move to throttle Iran’s economy by cutting off its ability to export oil... stated goal is to bring Iran to the table to negotiate a deal that would end international concerns over a nuclear program that has given Iran the means to build nuclear weapons—even though, as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta emphasized... U.S. and allied officials believe Tehran has not yet decided to build the bomb...

"Regardless of the Administration’s intent, the new measures, which are explicitly designed to throttle the Iranian economy, are being read in Tehran as further evidence that Washington’s goal is to force regime-change. That’s hardly likely to convince Iran’s leaders that they don’t need nuclear weapons; on the contrary, Iran appears to be bracing itself for war.

http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2012/01/09/why-new-sanctions-raise-danger-of-iran-building-nuclear-weapons/

SECDEF SAYS IRAN NOT BUILDING NUCLEAR WEAPON

"Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta... declared... that Iran is not currently trying to build a nuclear weapon... Iran says its nuclear program is only for energy and medical research, and refuses to halt uranium enrichment.."
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/08

U.S. SANCTIONS ON IRANIAN OIL WILL ONLY HURT THE WEST

"... A key amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act signed by United States President Barack Obama on the last day of 2011... imposes sanctions on any countries or companies that buy Iranian oil and pay for it through Iran's central bank. Starting this summer, anybody who does it is prevented from doing business with the US. This amendment - for all practical purposes a declaration of economic war - was brought to you by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), on direct orders of the Israeli government... The price of oil may be destined to soon reach $120 a barrel and even $150 a barrel by summer...

"(But)... everyone... will be bypassing this Israeli-American declaration of economic war:
- Russia already said it will circumvent it.
- India is already paying for Iranian oil via Halkbank in Turkey.
- Iran is actively negotiating to sell more oil to China. Iran is China's second-largest supplier, only behind Saudi Arabia. China pays in euros, and soon may be paying in yuan. By March they both will have sealed an agreement about new pricing.
- Venezuela controls a bi-national bank with Iran since 2009; that's how Iran gets paid for business in Latin America.
- Even traditional US allies want out. Turkey - which imports around 30% of its oil from Iran - will seek a waiver exempting Turkish oil importer Tupras from US sanctions.
- And South Korea will also seek a waiver, to buy around 200,000 barrels a day - 10% of its oil - from Iran in 2012..."

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NA07Ak01.html

ISRAEL TRYING TO INVOLVE U.S. IN ATTACK ON IRAN

"... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu... is exploiting the extraordinary influence his right-wing Likud Party exercises over the Republican Party and the U.S. Congress on matters related to Israel in order to maximise the likelihood that the United States would participate in an attack on Iran. Obama, meanwhile, appears to be hoping that he can avoid being caught up in a regional war started by Israel if he distances the United States from any Israeli attack..."
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106361

IRAN WARNS U.S. NOT TO RETURN CARRIER TO GULF

"... Army chief Ataollah Salehi said the United States had moved an aircraft carrier (USS John C Stennis) out of the Gulf because of Iran's naval exercises, and Iran would take action if the ship returned.
"Iran will not repeat its warning ... the enemy's carrier has been moved to the Sea of Oman because of our drill. I recommend and emphasize to the American carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf," army chief Salehi said.
"I advise, recommend and warn them over the return of this carrier to the Persian Gulf because we are not in the habit of warning more than once..."
http://news.yahoo.com/iran-threatens-action-u-carrier-returns-irna-082124042.html