Sure, the Iranians are all about nuclear power for electrical needs. It's not like they have other sources of energy. All their documented threats, the detection of highly-enriched uranium at their facilities, crapping on the United Nations organization tasked with nuclear proliferation issues, none of this means anything.

It's Bush, Bush, Bush!

If I wrote your posts as an "Anne Leftleaner" type satire, nobody would buy it. I have never seen a more consistent application of the "First Law of the Left."

For the rest of you, here's a paper from the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, discussing what Iran would be doing if energy independence were its real goal.

Does Iran really seek energy independence? On the basis of the economic evidence both within the nuclear program and in related energy industries, we conclude that Iran is not seriously pursuing energy independence, yet is attempting to justify a nuclear program motivated by a weapons objective under this rubric. This is not to argue that nuclear energy has no constructive role in a serious energy security program for Iran. An effective energy program would be built on Iran’s very rich export petroleum resource, would invest in and incentivize efficient production and utilization of this resource, and would rely on a reliable world market for nuclear technology, uranium, and nuclear fuel services. The long-term goal for an Iranian nuclear sector in this vision could increase import substitution, as described, consistent with its indigenous resource base.