Posted on 11/11/2005 7:43:55 PM PST by nuconvert
Iran rejects nuclear compromise
Plan would allow uranium enrichment in Russia
TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- Iran said on Friday it would not accept any proposal aimed at solving its nuclear standoff with the West that did not allow it to enrich uranium on its own territory.
"For Iran it is important to have (uranium) enrichment on its own soil," Ali Larijani, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency.
He was responding to questions about reports that Russia planned to propose a compromise plan, with tentative backing from the European Union and Washington.
Under the proposal Iran, which insists its nuclear program would never be used to make atomic arms, would be allowed to "convert" uranium, a preliminary stage in the process of making nuclear fuel.
But the later, more sensitive process of uranium enrichment would be carried out only as a joint venture with Russia on Russian soil.
European diplomats have said the proposal would be acceptable to Washington, the EU and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
But Larijani's comments appeared to confirm their doubts as to whether Iran would forego enrichment on its own soil.
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They want the bomb. This will not get them the bomb, so why should they agree to it?
Stupid games continue. They want a fission bomb and they will get it in due time.
"why should they agree to it?"
To buy them more time and make them look like they're the ones holding all the cards. They usually like to see-saw back and forth a few times before the final 'No'.
But they'd already made a statement the week before, that there would be no compromises. So, 'No' was expected as their first reply this time. ;~ )
Those Euro's never learn do they. This is the Saddam playbook all over again.
Oh, they'll get the bomb all right. Express delivery, even.
They've learned perfectly. They want to see Israel go up in a nuclear fireball and someone else to be responsible for it, so that they can cackle with glee privately while getting to decry it publicly.
'..uranium enrichment done as joint venture with Russia..'
oh yeah, Russia and Iran enriching uranium..... now I feel much better.
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