Iran nuclear situation background

http://www.haaretz.com/misc/tags/Iran%20nuclear-1.476777

This article actually gives some background on Iran going back to 1979. From there it moves to 2002 when Iran was noticed by the U.S. even more for trying to use nuclear energy for various purposes, be it weapons or energy. The part of the article that stuck out to me is towards the end of the article. I learned that in February 2010 the world wanted Iran to send its uranium abroad to be returned to Iran as fuel rods, so they they could truly only be used for energy. However, then President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected this idea and it never happened. I think some people might take that as a sign that Iran really does want to create nuclear weapons, while others see it as a move to show Iranian independence. I think only time will tell what the reasons for rejecting the fuel rod idea were. Regardless of if Iran is planning to use uranium for weapons or energy, or a combination of both, I feel that the materials within Iran's borders, should be controlled by Iran, and not by the U.S. or the U.N. If Iran is only using the uranium for energy, I think he and Iranian leaders chose to not partake in that 2010 idea because it might have made them look like a pushover nation in some forms.