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Germany: Iran Biggest Threat to World Peace

The recent developments in Iran`s nuclear program prove the need for Anti-Missile air defense system, to protect Europe from a possible attack. German Defense Minister, Franz Josef Jung, told Rioters, in a recent interview. Jung was asked wither Iran`s declaration Monday that it has successfully began to enrich Uranium on an industrial scale, strengthens the arguments of those who side with the deployment of an air defense system on European soil ? a program causing much dismay in Russia and from Chancellor Angela Merkel`s leftist coalition partners.

Eckart von Klaeden, a politician from Merkel`s party and its foreign affairs spokesman said, after Iran`s announcement on Monday that Germany needed to debate its security interests, particularly the U.S. batteries, intended to defend Europe against missiles from Iran and other potential enemies. His remarks voiced in an interview with Info Radio Berlin, were the first call for a shift in the debate. Up to now, German Social Democrats have played down the need for a missile defense system and the danger Iran posed. "In my opinion, Iran is the biggest danger to world peace at the moment," He said.

The public debate in Germany was brought on by the "National Nuclear Day" celebrated in Iran, Monday. In the main ceremony, in a Uranium enrichment facility, Iran`s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said his country has joined the "Nuclear Club." Iran has been claiming that it nuclear program was intended for peaceful use, yet the Western powers are concerned that Iran is attempting to build nuclear weapons, and are demanding Iran stop enriching Uranium. Up to now, he ran has continually defied the demands saying enriching Uranium is its "natural right," due to this reason economic and diplomatic sanctions have been recently inflicted on the Islamic Republic, in an attempt to persuade Iran to "play ball" with the international community.