Iran 'walking on edge' with nuclear efforts

Israel’s armed forces chief today said Iran was playing a dangerous game with its continuing march toward nuclear development, but it was not Israel’s place to take action.

Iran said over the weekend that inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog agency would remove seals from some nuclear facilities by the end of today, opening the way for Tehran to resume research on fuel production and heightening concerns in the West that Iran is moving to build nuclear weapons.

“There is no doubt that the Iranians are walking on the edge,” Israeli army chief Dan Halutz told military correspondents.

“And there is no doubt that when you walk on the edge, (treading on) the smallest stone can drop you in the abyss.”

Using an analogy from volleyball, Halutz said that in their latest move the Iranians had “spiked the ball” but Israel had no intention of responding.