Iran is ready to hold talks with six major powers over its nuclear program

Reuters ^ | October 9, 2010 | Parisa Hafezi

[AU72]

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran is ready to hold talks with six major powers over its nuclear program "in late October or early November," Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday. He gave no details about the venue of the talks. Western officials say they could take place in Vienna or Geneva. "If Iran is ready to hold talks, all they need to do is pick up the phone and set a date," U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said. Talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council -- the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China -- as well as Germany -- meant to address concerns about Tehran's uranium enrichment, stalled in October last year, leading to a toughening of international sanctions. A spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said there was no official date set for nuclear talks with Iran. "This is news to us. There has been no official date set for talks, nor has there been any official correspondence received by ... Ashton or her services with regard to a date for talks," the spokesman said. Ashton "remains ready to talk and is hopeful this can happen very soon," he said. The United States and its European allies fear Iran's declared civilian nuclear energy program is a cover to develop the capability of producing nuclear weapons. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has set conditions for further talks, saying a greater variety of countries must be involved, the parties must say whether they seek friendship or hostility with Iran, and they must express a view on Israel's alleged nuclear arsenal. The West is wary of what it sees as Iranian efforts to dodge the main issue in talks, buying time for advances in uranium enrichment.

[AU72]

Iran is selling the same rug again.

[Uncle Ike]

” Iran is ready to hold talks with six major powers over its nuclear program “

“Here, Charlie Brown - I’ll hold the football, and you run up and kick it!”

[Libloather]

That’s one heck of a process for a few simple power plants.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Not much to talk about since Stuxnet shut down their centrifuges.

[aces]

Tie up da nut job and pour pig grease on him on live tv while showing films of the halocaust and calling Him a liar..

[JPG]

What is there to talk about? This is an Iranian stalling tactic, nothing more.

[SunkenCiv]

First order of business: "turn over the keys, you're not fit to drive." Thanks AU72. It was pretty smart of the Iranians to get so worked up over Stuxnet that they started arresting Russians working on their nukes, inducing many of the rest to get out of the country. And then, the Russians said, screw ya on the S-300s. Yeah, it's like Iran is run by Cardinal Richelieu.

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[FrankR]

Hummmm...a very abrupt about-face on nuclear talks....leads one to think that something is not working right,and they need to set up a bluff of some sort...either that, or they’re ready to fry us and are giving us one last chance to convert to muslim....hummmmmmmm

[Eric in the Ozarks]

We’ve been down this road in Pyong Yang.

[jrd]

nuke them and be done with it!

[Recovering_Democrat]

and Obama will fall for it, the dupe.

[EQAndyBuzz]

I think a good idea would be to fedex Assads head to Achmadinajed.

Sign the “thinking of you” card in Hebrew.

[halfright]

too late...the nuking will begin in24 hours.

[JewishRighter]

Ahmedinejad: “I got the rope”
0bama: “I am the dope”