Defiant Khatami Tells EU Iran Will Resume Nuclear.....Daily Star

[Gloria]

1//The Daily Star, Lebanon Thursday, July 28, 2005


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http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=17144



DEFIANT KHATAMI TELLS EUROPEAN UNION IRAN WILL RESUME NUCLEAR CONVERSION ACTIVITIES


By Agence France Presse (AFP)

TEHRAN: Iran will end a suspension of sensitive uranium ore conversion activities regardless of what proposals the European Union makes in the coming days to change its mind, President Mohammad Khatami announced yesterday.



"I hope that their proposals will, as agreed, allow for the resumption of activities at Isfahan," Khatami told reporters, referring to a key nuclear plant in central Iran.



"But whether they do or not, we're going to resume the activities at Isfahan," added the outgoing reformist president.



Khatami, who hands over office to ultra-conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in early August, announced the decision after a Cabinet meeting and said it had been made at an earlier gathering of top leaders of the regime.



The president gave no date for the resumption of conversion, the process that turns uranium ore into a gas as a precursor to enrichment.



But Khatami said the "deadline" for ending the suspension was the end of July or beginning of August when the EU3 of Britain, France and Germany are supposed to submit a detailed package of proposals on the future of Iran's nuclear program.



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[Deja Q]

1. Didn't Iran rcently cry out against a potential double-standard that

the US made with India?

[Gloria]

3. Yes, Iran did point out the double-standard...just within the

last few days.

[ugarte]

2. Want U.S. respect?

Get your bomb on.