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| Iran rules out talks with US |
| 2004-07-13 |
| While back in Mullahland .... Iran ruled out on Monday holding direct talks with the United States on its nuclear program. "There is no justification for accepting suggestions to hold negotiations with a country which adopts a bullying attitude toward others," Hassan Rohani, secretary-general of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, told state television. Washington accuses Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons. Tehran says its ambitions are limited to generating electricity from nuclear reactors. Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency, had told U.S. policymakers in March that Iran might be open to a deal and suggested direct U.S. contacts with Tehran, U.S. officials said. Washington broke ties with Tehran following its Islamic revolution in 1979. Rohani also played down negotiations with Germany, France and Britain and said Iran held talks with them in the past year because the big three European powers initiated the dialogue. "The other party to the negotiations for us is the International Atomic Energy Agency and we have nothing to do with any other country," he said. "If we are talking with the Europeans countries, it is because we have normal relations with them and they took the initiative to do so." The IAEA board passed a resolution in June that rebuked Tehran for not fully cooperating with IAEA inspectors. In retaliation, Iran said it was resuming production and testing of centrifuges, which can be used to enrich uranium, ending an agreement with the European states that it would suspend such activities. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #2 Who are these guys trying to kid? There's nothing to talk about, as they probably wouldn't honor any sort of agreement anyway (like Kim Chee Jong Ill). |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-13 9:36:20 PM |
| #1 "There is no justification for accepting suggestions to hold negotiations with a country which adopts a bullying attitude toward others," Yeah, Black Turbans, we are in total agreement on that issue. See ya later. Oh, by the way, watch your borders, fuel trucks, students, women, young men, well, hell, anything within your borders. Have a nice day. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-07-13 7:20:38 PM |