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The Bush administration has justified its softly-softly approach to the Iranian nuclear program on grounds it has firm commitments from the Europeans to get tough should diplomacy fail. Those promises are about to be put to the test now that Iran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency of its intention to resume uranium enrichment. The suspension agreement was inked last November after what turns out to have been nearly 20 years of Iranian deception vis-à-vis the IAEA. And it can be argued that diplomacy has at least bought time, assuming--and it's a big assumption given how many times Iran...

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces the possibility of being brought before the UN's nuclear watchdog in his first week as Iran's president after the EU called for emergency talks on the Islamic Republic's atomic program. European diplomats have asked for an emergency meeting of the UN atomic agency next Tuesday in order to keep pressure on Iran not to resume sensitive nuclear fuel cycle work, diplomats said Thursday. The news comes as Iran's new President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces up to tough decisions as he takes over the running of the Islamic republic on Thursday with the most pressing issue being the diplomatic...