Iran shows interest in nuclear compromise

[FarCenter]

Source: Financial Times

By Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran, James Blitz in London and Daniel Dombey in Washington

Published: June 15 2008 18:53 | Last updated: June 15 2008 18:53

Senior diplomats from the world’s big powers said they had received an unexpectedly positive response from Iran at the weekend when the international community presented Tehran with a fresh package of proposals aimed at settling the dispute over its nuclear ambitions.

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But diplomats accompanying Mr Solana said that the mood had significantly improved during meetings later in the day with Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran’s foreign minister, and Saeed Jaleeli, its chief nuclear negotiator. The diplomats said that Mr Mottaki and Mr Jaleeli had expressed strong interest in the offer, under which the international community would help Iran to develop a state-of-the art civil nuclear energy programme if it suspended uranium enrichment.

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They said they were still sceptical that Tehran would accept. However, Mr Solana gave Mr Jaleeli a paper spelling out how Iran and the international community could take the first step towards full-blown negotiations on the matter.

Under the proposal, Iran would continue enrichment but, as a first step, declare that it had frozen installation of more centrifuges at its nuclear facilities. In return, the United Nations Security Council plus Germany would freeze steps to apply more sanctions.

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[gateley]

1. Boy, are Bush and Cheney gonna be pissed! nt

[FarCenter]

2. Not to mention McCain

Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran! It's the only option left for the NeoCon/PNAC team, since it is clear that the rest of the Security Council + Germany aren't going to implement added sanction if Iran is at all reasonable.

The bar has been lowered to the point where Iran will likely step over it.

[spag68]

3. This is foolish

We should build them a monster PV plant out in their dessert, use their workers and train their people to maintain it, then give it to them and get out.

[Chulanowa]

6. Trouble is...

The Iranians recognize the ecological value of their deserts and aren't likely to want to plow them under, when they can just use uranium (and dump the waste in Tajikistan)

[liberal N proud]

4. How will the bu$h regime be able to justify a war?

What will the new theme for attacking Iran be?

[lonestarnot]

10. Oh, they will figure out some justification. They wouldn't want to have all that planning go to

waste.

[annabanana]

5. Front Page News Here! Hey NBC?.. anybody there? (lifting the crepe

and peeking into the room)

[jimlup]

7. This probably means war!

As soon as Iran indicates it might be willing to negotiate ... the neocons with throw a fit. Really, the neocons don't negotiate because they want war. Here we go... off the neocon deep end.

[tjwash]

8. Look for the "saving Iran from theocracy" card to be next on the shrub list of memes.

Or is it "their terras are sneaking into Iraq and attacking our troops" meme? I get the lies confused sometimes.

[lonestarnot]

11. What, no spreading democracy?

:rofl:

[ohio2007]

9. Iran withdraws $75 billion from Europe: report

This article suggests otherwise;

snip

Western powers are warning the Islamic Republic of more punitive measures if it rejects an incentives offer and presses on with sensitive nuclear work, but the world's fourth-largest oil exporter is showing no sign of backing down.

"Part of Iran's assets in European banks have been converted to gold and shares and another part has been transferred to Asian banks," Mohsen Talaie, deputy foreign minister in charge of economic affairs, was quoted as saying.


snip

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080616/wl_nm/iran_assets_withdrawal_dc

So who's telling the truth ?

[readmoreoften]

12. We can't go to Iran. 13 million people live in Tehran alone.

Yes, I realize that geography makes it so that if we want to Rule the World we need to conquer them, but Tehran has 13 million people which is 5 million people more than all five boroughs of NYC put together. Do we really want to bomb a city more populated by far than the largest city in America?

That would be insanity.