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Its Official: EU Makes No Headway on Iran Nuke Program
A confidential summary of talks between key European powers and Iran made available to The Associated Press on Tuesday shows there has been no progress in getting Iran to scrap nuclear enrichment - even though Tehran acknowledged it does not need nuclear energy. ... "Iran recognizes explicitly that its fuel cycle program cannot be justified on economic grounds," the document says. Diplomats [...] said the atmosphere between the two sides had improved during the second round held in Geneva on Jan. 17. But they agreed that no progress was being made on the Europeans' insistence that Iran's present temporary suspension of its enrichment programs be turned into a commitment to permanently mothball all such activities...Backgrounder: Concerns about Iran grew after revelations in mid-2002 of two secret nuclear facilities - a uranium enrichment plant at Natanz and a heavy water production plant near Arak. That led to a subsequent IAEA investigation of what turned out to be nearly two decades of covert nuclear activities, including suspicious "dual use" experiments that can be linked to weapons programs. Posted by: trailing wife 2005-01-25 |
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