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Iran ready to give up uranium enrichment?
2006-05-25
Iran is ready to give up uranium enrichment for several years as part of a deal to allay Western fears over its nuclear program, the chief UN nuclear watchdog said today. But Mohamed ElBaradei, who met Iran's top nuclear negotiator in Vienna last week, said the question of Tehran's sensitive atomic research activities was still under discussion.
Next verse, same as the first.
Iran has publicly insisted on its right to enrich uranium on its soil. Yet Mr ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), suggested Tehran's position was more flexible. "The Iranians, as far as I know, agreed in principle that for a number of years (uranium) enrichment should be part of an international consortium outside of Iran," he said.

He said the Iranians told him that once negotiations resumed on their nuclear program, they were ready to apply the "additional protocol" to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty aimed at tightening inspections. "There is still this issue of Iran doing R and D (research and development) with regards to enrichment and that's an issue still being discussed," he said.

Mr ElBaradei, who sat down in Vienna last week with senior Iranian official Ali Larijani, said he briefed Rice on Tehran's position "which is rather different than the US point of view".
Since they want nukes and we don't want them to have them.
Mr ElBaradei has called for more direct US involvement in the discussions with Iran, which so far have been led by US allies Britain, France and Germany, but said it was up to Washington what role it chooses to take. He did, however, reiterate his call for the Americans to take part in an effort to provide Iran with security guarantees as part of an eventual deal. "At a certain point, if the negotiations were to move in the right direction, particularly when the discussion of security issues were to start, I would hope that the US will be able to join that," Mr ElBaradei said.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#2  Iran ready to give up uranium enrichment.

In other news, Mike N. is ready to give up sex.
Posted by: Mike N.   2006-05-25 16:18  

#1  Move along, boyz, same thing the Norkies said/offered to Saint Bill.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-05-25 02:17  

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