Germany can accept civilian enrichment in Iran

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BERLIN - Iran should be allowed to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes with close monitoring by UN inspectors to ensure that it is not trying to develop atomic weapons, Germany’s defence minister said. snip

The United States and Britain want Iran to refrain from enrichment for a long period of time. However, EU diplomats have said that Germany, like Russia and China, could live with small-scale civilian enrichment by Iran.

Jung, who is a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), appeared to confirm this point of view. He said that he understood the reservations of the United States but added that a total ban on Iranian enrichment work was unrealistic.

“One cannot forbid Iran from doing what other countries in the world are doing in accordance with international law. The key point is whether a step towards nuclear weapons is taken. This cannot happen,” he said.

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1. Personally, I thought this was the reason Iran signed the treaty.

So they could have nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. Then again, in Bushworld (a satellite planet to Bizzaroworld) a lot of what I used to think is just dead wrong.