AP: Germany: No Prospect of Talks With Iran

[Eugene]

Germany: No Prospect of Talks With Iran

By GEIR MOULSON
The Associated Press
Saturday, October 14, 2006; 12:55 PM

BERLIN -- Germany's foreign minister on Saturday said there is currently no prospect
of successful nuclear talks with Iran but that pressure on the country would be
applied gradually, leaving the door open to future negotiations.

Repeated attempts by the U.N. Security Council's five permanent members and Germany
to entice Iran into negotiations on its nuclear program foundered earlier this month
over Tehran's refusal to give up uranium enrichment.

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The six powers have agreed to start working on U.N. sanctions against Iran next week,
diplomats and officials have said, but still have to bridge differences on how harsh
the penalties should be.

Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier gave no details of sanctions that might be
taken against Tehran. However, he noted that a package of incentives aimed at
persuading Iran to halt uranium enrichment is still being offered.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/14/AR2006101400467.html

Also: Germany to Iran: It's not too late to avoid sanctions - Reuters

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1. No Talks, No Diplomacy=War

suspect...

[teryang]

2. "the package of incentives"

I'm fairly confident that the Iranians have studied the "package of incentives" provided to N.Korea in the 1994 agreed framework. The west never delivered, then repudiated the agreement after doing much economic harm to N.Korea.