6 Nations Plan to Sign Off on Iran Package

[Eugene]

6 Nations Plan to Sign Off on Iran Package


Monday May 29, 2006 7:16 PM

AP Photo XHS117

By GEORGE JAHN

Associated Press Writer

VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Top U.S., Russian, Chinese and European officials plan
to sign off this week on a package of incentives and penalties meant to reward Iran
if it gives up uranium enrichment - and punish it if it doesn't, diplomats said Monday.

Agreement by the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany could
open the way for sanctions if Tehran remains defiant and refuses to abandon technology
that can be used to make the fissile core of nuclear warheads.

The meeting of foreign ministers including Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was set
for Thursday in Vienna, said the diplomats, who demanded anonymity for divulging the
confidential information.

Tehran appeared unimpressed: One official repeated that Iran is permitted to enrich
uranium for peaceful purposes under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5853243,00.html

[daleo]

1. The key paragraphs

"Indirectly linked to any possible deal for Iran would be agreement on a resolution tough enough for Washington but acceptable to Tehran ally Moscow, a dispute that has hobbled action by the Security Council's permanent members for months.

If Iran remains defiant, the proposal - as outlined to AP by diplomats familiar with the text - calls for a resolution imposing sanctions under Chapter VII, Article 41 of the U.N. Charter. But it avoids any reference to Article 42, which is the trigger for possible military action to enforce any such resolution."

Not that Bush wouldn't claim a mile if given an inch.

Otherwise, lots of coulds, mights, and maybes.

[americanstranger]

2. They're quietly blocking Bush's New War.

If you look at what Condi was demanding in the way of sanctions:

The plan is designed to curtail the financial freedom of every Iranian official, individual and entity the Bush administration considers connected not only to nuclear enrichment efforts but to terrorism, government corruption, suppression of religious or democratic freedom, and violence in Iraq, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories. It would restrict the Tehran government's access to foreign currency and global markets, shut its overseas accounts and freeze assets held in Europe and Asia.

With what the UN is backing:

If Iran remains defiant, the proposal - as outlined to AP by diplomats familiar with the text - calls for a resolution imposing sanctions under Chapter VII, Article 41 of the U.N. Charter. But it avoids any reference to Article 42, which is the trigger for possible military action to enforce any such resolution.

The proposal also calls for new consultations among the five permanent Security Council members on any further steps against Iran - a move meant to dispel complaints by the Russians and Chinese that once the screws on Iran are tightened, the council would automatically move toward military involvement.

You'll notice that the neocons are getting very little of what they wanted - there will be no UN backing of military action against Iran, or it will be extremely limitied in its scope.

I think the world is onto them.

- as

[daleo]

3. Also, perhaps involves the much discussed Iranian oil bourse

Which was supposed to trade in Euros, not dollars.

"It would restrict the Tehran government's access to foreign currency and global markets, shut its overseas accounts and freeze assets held in Europe and Asia."

As you say, the world is on to Bush et al.

[HuffleClaw]

4. "Iran is permitted to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes under..."

and THAT is the point, no matter what BushCo. claims. the rest is WARmongering.

[xchrom]

5. i thought they meant the Iroquois.

[Oversea Visitor]

6. Haha I wait for Thurday

Do not trust AP too many spin already.