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| Its Official: EU Makes No Headway on Iran Nuke Program |
| 2005-01-25 |
| A confidential summary of talks between key European powers and Iran made available to The Associated Press on Tuesday shows there has been no progress in getting Iran to scrap nuclear enrichment - even though Tehran acknowledged it does not need nuclear energy. ... "Iran recognizes explicitly that its fuel cycle program cannot be justified on economic grounds," the document says. Diplomats [...] said the atmosphere between the two sides had improved during the second round held in Geneva on Jan. 17. But they agreed that no progress was being made on the Europeans' insistence that Iran's present temporary suspension of its enrichment programs be turned into a commitment to permanently mothball all such activities... Backgrounder: Concerns about Iran grew after revelations in mid-2002 of two secret nuclear facilities - a uranium enrichment plant at Natanz and a heavy water production plant near Arak. That led to a subsequent IAEA investigation of what turned out to be nearly two decades of covert nuclear activities, including suspicious "dual use" experiments that can be linked to weapons programs. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 Mike: And so we might be approaching a crisis in which Europe will impose economic sanctions on Iran. You've forgotten sarc tags. Noooo, you don't mean that you were serious!? In that care I want to be on the planet you are on. Dream on. |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-01-25 10:25:15 PM |
| #6 And so we might be approaching a crisis in which Europe will impose economic sanctions on Iran the MS fairy tale continues. The Euros would gladly allow the Iranians nukes were they to committ to long term commercial trade contracts. Whores and traitors to the western world. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-01-25 10:17:04 PM |
| #5 Oooooh, it's official now. Thanks AP, if it wasn't for you guys, we would n-e-v-e-r have known.... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-25 10:08:39 PM |
| #4 "The two positions cannot coexist," said one of the diplomats, from a West European nation. "If the impasse cannot be resolved, then there will be no solution," clearing the path for Iran to resume work on activities that will allow it to enrich uranium, he said. Another diplomat agreed there was no progress on the core issue but expressed hope that common ground could be found in future rounds. Yea, Petro there IS a solution and I got their FINAL ROUND right here. |
| Posted by: Duke Nukem 2005-01-25 10:01:30 PM |
| #3 And so we might be approaching a crisis in which Europe will impose economic sanctions on Iran. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2005-01-25 9:58:39 PM |
| #2 Damn it, how did this information get out. Here we were enjoying the Iranian theocracy's dance of seven veils and this article has to surface. Iran has convinced us that they are only going to use nukes for energy consumption, that they have every right to have their own nukes, and that the real problem is the joos nuke and how about the Eqyptians? |
| Posted by: IAEA 2005-01-25 9:55:35 PM |
| #1 Whatever it takes, Iran must not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-01-25 8:54:20 PM |