Iran will consider Russian proposal -AP (huh? CNN"s wolf says rejected )

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I woke up (very late today) and caught a few minutes of Late Edition. wolf had some govt. officials from France, Germany, and the UK on, and they were talking about Iran. The Russian proposal was brought up twice, at least, and wolf asserted, twice, at least, that Iran had rejected the proposal. ok....

So I make my way over to the computer and find this less than two hour old AP story on Yahoo news:

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Iran Says Will Consider Russian Proposal

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060219/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear

snip:

Iran said it would conditionally consider a Russian proposal on uranium enrichment being discussed Monday in Moscow, giving new hope for what is seen as the best chance for averting a confrontation with the West over Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Under the Russian proposal — which has U.S. and European backing — Iran's enrichment activities would take place on Russian soil to ensure no uranium is diverted for nuclear weapons. Enrichment is a key process that can produce either fuel for a nuclear reactor or material for a warhead.

"If the Russian plan, with supplementary indicators, leads to a comprehensive proposal, then we could say it will have Iran's interest," Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Sunday, according to the state news agency IRNA.

snip:

"If there is any plan from the European side about Iran's nuclear program, we will consider it as negotiable. I'm optimistic about negotiations with our European friends," Mottaki told reporters at the airport. "We are ready to listen to any new idea."

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Am I still drunk, or is wolf just lying?

[Selatius]

1. Wolf is slow. Give him some time.

If they accept and he says they didn't, then turn off your damn television for your own sanity.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. What I heard is that the US rejected the idea

not Iran. That the idea behind the Russian offer was to diffuse the situation, but that Bush had rejected it. I'll try and look back and see if I can find a link. I've been online a lot since I'm snowed in and things get a bit muddled after a while.