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Iran Not Seen Accepting Nuclear Incentives |
2004-10-21 |
Iran is unlikely to accept European incentives aimed at getting it to suspend uranium enrichment, diplomats said Thursday, raising the prospect of a showdown next month between Tehran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency. Envoys from Britain, France and Germany offered civilian nuclear technology and a trade deal to the Iranians in a private meeting at the French mission to international organizations in Vienna. But Western diplomats said they doubt Iran will back down easily. Iran did not immediately respond to the incentives, which included the promise of lucrative trade, a light-water nuclear research reactor and the chance to buy nuclear fuel from the West. An Iranian diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Thursday's meeting did not involve detailed negotiations, merely the formal presentation of the European offer. Amir-Hossein Zamaniyan, director-general of international affairs for Iran's Foreign Ministry, would take the proposal back to his government for study, the diplomat said. |
Posted by:Fred |
#8 Lol! Skeery should've gone Dove hunting, heh. The troll dropping are clear in row 7. |
Posted by: .com 2004-10-21 11:54:45 PM |
#7 Hmm ... why don't the UN inspect Israel and the US facilities. |
Posted by: Dove 2004-10-21 11:43:40 PM |
#6 Hmm.... imagine... wiping the Iranian facilities and then getting turned into envrionment-friendly glass :-).... |
Posted by: Sir Faisal of Arabia 2004-10-21 6:44:55 PM |
#5 Hans Brix. |
Posted by: VRWconspiracy 2004-10-21 4:51:48 PM |
#4 the promise of lucrative trade, a light-water nuclear research reactor and the chance to buy nuclear fuel from the West. How ridiculous. Obviously, the plants aren't for civilian purposes. The trade "carrot" is also absurd. The mullahs are millionaires and have their fingers deep into every one of their very rich country's many pies. Why would they be swayed by the promise of more trade? This deal is actually a matter of Europeans begging for economic favors to be given them, not providing favors to the mullahs. It's European firms that would benefit massively from increased trade with Iran and from sales of civilian nuke technology to the mullahs. What a complete farce. |
Posted by: lex 2004-10-21 3:17:22 PM |
#3 Well then, let's send them an "initiative" that they can accept - a 2,000 pounder right into one of the cooling towers of one of their nuclear reactor complexes. |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-21 3:08:42 PM |
#2 Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran. . . |
Posted by: SR71 2004-10-21 2:59:31 PM |
#1 ...tick, tick, tick... |
Posted by: Tom 2004-10-21 2:52:19 PM |