 A day after the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog voted to report Iran to the Security Council for possible sanctions related to its nuclear program, Tehran said diplomacy may still resolve its apparent impasse with the International Atomic Energy Agency. "We have not reached a dead end, and there have been more difficult situations," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamed Reza-Asefi said Sunday. "We will cooperate with the international agency. We have cooperated in the past with regards to the non-proliferation treaty. We still say that the doors of dialogue are open. We have said it before, and say it again. We will use all ways and possibilities, and this also goes for the international agency."
The apparent willingness to negotiate came a day after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered the Islamic state to end its voluntary cooperation with U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency, meaning Iran will end snap inspections of its nuclear facilities and begin enriching uranium, according to state-run Iranian media.
| They're either backing down or there's a disagreement within the assylum over who's in charge. My guess is the latter. |
| Or it's a rope-a-dope maneuver while they race to complete one of their capabilities. Hard to tell. But for sure the MMs who've amassed huge fortunes running Iran are not happy with the True Believer seeming to encourage the return of the mahdi. |
| Watch the hands, not the eyes ... |
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