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Exclusive: Iran seeks give and take on militants, nuclear program
Reuters ^ | Sun Sep 21, 2014 1:31am EDT | Parisa Hafezi and Louis Charbonneau

Posted on 09/21/2014 5:36:14 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Iran is ready to work with the United States and its allies to stop Islamic State militants, but would like to see more flexibility on Iran’s uranium enrichment program, senior Iranian officials told Reuters. […]

Iran has sent mixed signals about its willingness to cooperate on defeating Islamic State (IS), a hardline Sunni Islamist group that has seized large swaths of territory across Syria and Iraq and is blamed for a wave of sectarian violence, beheadings and massacres of civilians. […]

[…] In public, both Washington and Tehran have ruled out cooperating militarily in tackling the IS threat. But in private, Iranian officials have voiced a willingness to work with the United States on IS, though not necessarily on the battlefield. …

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; iraq; isis; rop

1 posted on 09/21/2014 5:36:15 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

“would like to see more flexibility on Iran’s uranium enrichment program”

Sure they would. They’re not going to cooperate for nothing.


2 posted on 09/21/2014 5:43:46 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

Iran’s not going to cooperate no matter what. It’s like expecting peace out of the “Palestinians” for a land-for-peace concession.


3 posted on 09/21/2014 5:46:23 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

No


4 posted on 09/21/2014 6:07:42 AM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: Olog-hai

Not quite. They’d cooperate to an extent if it benefits them. But they’ll never give up their nuke aspirations.


5 posted on 09/21/2014 6:09:37 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Olog-hai

Deja Vu Clinton and the North Koreans.

Got any other good jokes???


6 posted on 09/21/2014 6:10:28 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Olog-hai

With Iran it will be all take - with false promise of give.

But Bammy and the war hero will need Divine inspiration to figure it out.


7 posted on 09/21/2014 6:14:44 AM PDT by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: nuconvert

Working with the US military would be yet another golden opportunity to undermine them, just like what happened with Iran’s partners the Islamic Dawa Party.


8 posted on 09/21/2014 6:14:52 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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Eff Iran. What in the hell do we need them for?

Oh, yeah. The enemy islamist in Chief likes them.


9 posted on 09/21/2014 7:48:28 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: nuconvert
“would like to see more flexibility on Iran’s uranium enrichment program” Sure they would. They’re not going to cooperate for nothing.

Obama's second term gave them all the flexibility they need.

10 posted on 09/21/2014 7:49:09 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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