Do you think the reason China, Russia gives Iran nuclear technology is so Iran becomes less dependent on oil?

Question

Thus giving China's leading oil supplier, Iran, more oil to supply.

Maybe Iran does want nuclear technology for energy reasons. Iran says that they want peaceful nuclear technology. Is the biased US media's concern that Iran may make nuclear bombs become a fact amongst Americans, because if you read the headlines, they all say that nuclear weapons are a possibility with Iran's nuclear technology, not a fact.

Answer 1

If that were Iran's intentions, this 'stand-off' would have been over by now. Russia offered the Iranians fuel for reactors as well as technological advice on building reactors. It is also telling that the reactors they specifically demand are heavy water reactors, which produce plutonium as by-products, yet they were offered some of the most advanced reactors (such as pebble bed models), which don't. Not interested. They are insisting upon 'developing the technology' to produce 'fuel' on their own only because this also happens to present them an option of going weapons-grade. Not that they ever would, ya know - trust them.

Answer 2

No - they are merely aligning themselves for the war of Gog and Magog predicted in the Bible in the End Times!

Answer 3

Why would Iran have to worry about becoming dependent on oil.  They are floating on it.

Answer 4

It's probably for the same reason that a weapons shipment from China to Zimbabwe was attempted shortly before the recent rerun of "elections".  I can't say I know for sure what the leaders of Iran are thinking, but the answer to your question is probably something like the following: If someone's willing to buy it then someone's willing to sell it.

Reply to Anon follows

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Do you say Iran's not buying the technology because you didn't see cash trade hands?  Energy-hungry China has made oil and gas deals with Iran.  I'm assuming neither of us was at the meetings where these deals went down, but can you say you believe that Iran's nuclear program wasn't part of the discussion?

See for example the Washington Post article from 2004 that I linked in sources below which states, regarding China and Iran:

« Last month, the two countries signed a preliminary accord worth $70 billion to $100 billion by which China will purchase Iranian oil and gas and help develop Iran's Yadavaran oil field, near the Iraqi border. Earlier this year, China agreed to buy $20 billion in liquefied natural gas from Iran over a quarter-century. »

« Accurate trade figures are difficult to get, in part because trade is increasing so rapidly and partly because China's large arms sales to Iran are not included or publicized. But at the second annual Iran-China trade fair here in May, Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng said trade had increased by 50 percent in 2003 over the previous year, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency.»