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Iran offers US share in nuclear programme: report
| Mad mullahs are getting nervous ... |
LONDON - Iran is prepared to offer the United States a half share in any future nuclear programme to demonstrate it is not pursuing atomic weapons, a senior Iranian official was quoted on Wednesday as saying. | Lookee, Fred, a 1968 Ford Falcon, just as up to date as the Iranian nuclear programme ... |
The Financial Times said it was unclear how far the remarks of Hossein Kazempour, Iranian governor to the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and an energy adviser to the government, represented the policy of Teheran. "I am telling you that the Americans can come and have 50-50 (of an Iranian nuclear programme)," Kazempour was quoted as saying by the newspaper. "This offer is on the table. But they have their suspicions. This could be removed by their presence (in the programme)." | Don't say 'remove' around GWB, he might take you up on it. |
In a policy shift last week, the United States offered Iran economic incentives to try to persuade it to scrap nuclear work which could be used to make atomic bombs. Washington said it would drop its opposition to Iran's membership of the World Trade Organisation and the sale of civilian aircraft parts to Teheran as part of a coordinated strategy with the European Union. Iran has dismissed the US offer as insignificant. Failure to abandon any sensitive nuclear activities would see Iran's case referred to the U.N. Security Council, which could impose sanctions, US officials say.
Posted by: Steve White 2005-03-16 |
