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2006-10-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran proposes France monitors uranium enrichment

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Posted by .com 2006-10-03 06:23|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Somehow that doesn't make me feel any safer than before.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-10-03 06:54|| 2006-10-03 06:54|| Front Page Top

#2 "In order to reach a solution, we've just had an idea: we propose that France create a consortium for the production in Iran of enriched uranium," Saeedi said.

An idea, "just like that" it came you, Iran and France? How amazing.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-10-03 07:07|| 2006-10-03 07:07|| Front Page Top

#3 The Irantians know how effective the French are in Lebanon.

Posted by Captain America 2006-10-03 09:14|| 2006-10-03 09:14|| Front Page Top

#4 FRANCE REFUSES TEHRAN'S SURPRISE PROPOSAL
Paris, 3 Oct. (AKI) - France on Tuesday dismissed an offer by Tehran to participate in a consortium to produce enriched uranium on Iranian soil aimed at allaying international fears Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons. The French government said Iran must discuss any proposal to solve the crisis over Iran's nuclear programme with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana. Solana and Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani have so far failed to reach an agreement on the suspension of uranium enrichment, which Iranian leaders have repeatedly stressed is not on their agenda.

The consortium proposal was made Tuesday morning by the deputy chief of Iran's Atomic Energy Agency, Mohammad Saeedi in an interview with France Info radio. "We propose that France create a consortium for the production in Iran of enriched uranium. That way France, through the companies Eurodif and Areva, could control in a tangible way our enrichment activities," he said.

Eurodif, which means European Gaseous Diffusion Uranium Enrichment Consortium, is a subsidiary of French company Cogema which exploits an uranium enrichment plant in the nuclear site of Tricastin in the Drôme region while Areva is a French industrial group specialised in nuclear energy.

France is a permanent member of the Security Council which has threatened Iran with sanctions if it does not stop enriching uranium. President Jacques Chirac however was the first European leader to suggest last month that world powers could negotiate with Iran over its nuclear programme without a prior suspension of uranium enrichment - the key precondition Tehran has always refused to comply with.

France is the world's most nuclear energy-dependent country and relies on atomic reactors for about 75 percent of its electricity.

Posted by Steve 2006-10-03 10:00|| 2006-10-03 10:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Whew! - Thx, Steve!

They never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. May their streak continue... to the very end.

Posted by .com 2006-10-03 13:52|| 2006-10-03 13:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Too bad, clever idea, especially since the Iranians figure they or their cousins are going to own France in the next decade or two ...

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-10-03 14:23|| 2006-10-03 14:23|| Front Page Top

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