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Iranian Alert - July 30, 2005 - Iran demands EU make nuclear offer by August 1
Regime Change Iran ^ | 7.30.2005 | DoctorZin

Posted on 07/31/2005 12:39:16 AM PDT by DoctorZIn

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Iran demands EU make nuclear offer by August 1

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran demanded on Saturday that the European Union submit proposals in a dispute over its nuclear programme by August 1 rather than take a week longer.

The European Union -- represented by Britain, France and Germany -- is due to offer Iran a limited package of economic and political incentives to give up work that the United States suspects is a veil for efforts to build a nuclear bomb.

In return, the EU wants Iran to agree to maintain indefinitely its suspension of uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel reprocessing and related activities.

Ali Aghamohammadi, a spokesman for the Supreme National Security Council, said the parties had originally agreed an August 1 deadline, and that ambassadors for the "EU Three" had asked for this to be extended by six days.

"We reject any delay. We are expecting their proposals to be submitted on August 1 and it should meet Iran's minimum expectations," he told Reuters.

However, it was not clear whether Iran was using a tough stance over a matter of a few days to put pressure on the EU.

Diplomats in the EU Three capitals said they were not aware that the EU had committed itself firmly to August 1.

They said there had been an agreement at talks with Iran in Geneva last May that it would submit a proposal by the end of July or "early August".

Waiting until August 7 would allow the EU Three to present their offer after the inauguration of Iran's new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on August 3.

Regardless of the date, diplomats have expressed little optimism that a deal can be done.

EU diplomats say the European offer is predicated on Iran agreeing to maintain indefinitely its suspension of uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel reprocessing and related activities.

If it does not do so, they have threatened to back U.S. demands to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions.

But the outgoing president, Mohammad Khatami, said on Wednesday that Iran would resume some work on its nuclear fuel cycle, which the West suspects is part of a clandestine effort to produce a bomb, regardless of what the EU Three offer.

"Our deadline for suspending nuclear work was the EU proposal. We will wait until the first days of August but will restart activities right afterwards," he told reporters.

The spokesman, Aghamohammadi, said on Saturday the EU Three had asked to discuss their proposals in meetings in Paris on August 31 and in New York in September.

"It means the proposal regarding Iran's nuclear programme practically will be postponed for an unlimited time," he said. "That means this proposal does not meet Iran's minimum expectations."

Iran regards nuclear fuel cycle activities as a right under the Non-Proliferation Treaty and wants to be allowed to keep at least a pilot enrichment programme.

DoctorZin:

Iran's leaders have already prepared a major statement to be release August 1st on their nuclear program. Monday will be a major news day on Iran.

A Daily Briefing of Major News Stories on Iran:



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1 posted on 07/31/2005 12:39:25 AM PDT by DoctorZIn
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2 posted on 07/31/2005 12:41:08 AM PDT by DoctorZIn (Until they are Free, "We shall all be Iranians!")
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To: DoctorZIn
Offer: Halt and dismantle your nuclear program, and we won't bomb your research sites into holes that reach the Earth's mantle. Deal?

Thought so.


3 posted on 07/31/2005 12:45:30 AM PDT by Viking2002 (Allah FUBAR!)
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To: DoctorZIn

The tide is turning against these fanatics. The world is getting sick and tired of the senseless death these radical Muslims promote. The sooner we see more Muslim Leaders condemning these people, the sooner it will go away. Between the U.K. and Pakistan tossing out the radicals in their countries, and the crack down on their websites. The Terrorists are running out of places to hide


4 posted on 07/31/2005 12:47:46 AM PDT by MJY1288 (Whenever a Liberal is Speaking on the Senate Floor, Al-Jazeera Breaks in and Covers it LIVE)
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To: DoctorZIn

The Mullahs will get caught cheating on their EU nuclear deal.

That will send the dispute to the UN.

The UN will order sanctions.

The U.S. will enforce those sanctions via an embargo...though whether that is sea-only or sea and air and land is another question.

...After that point, it will probably be up to the Iranian students to either overthrow the Mullahs or take a lesser role...

5 posted on 07/31/2005 12:47:49 AM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Southack
The Mullahs will get caught cheating on their EU nuclear deal.

That will send the dispute to the UN.

The UN will order sanctions.

The U.S. will enforce those sanctions via an embargo...though whether that is sea-only or sea and air and land is another question.

...After that point, it will probably be up to the Iranian students to either overthrow the Mullahs or take a lesser role...

You forgot something; 2 of the 3 p-EU countries making the deal will cheat on those sanctions (that is, if htey survive a Russian veto).

6 posted on 07/31/2005 4:26:30 AM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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To: DoctorZIn

I have an idea for an offer, "give us all the nuclear material and nuclear information we ask for, or we will turn sand to glass across your whole country".


7 posted on 07/31/2005 7:15:20 AM PDT by conservativecorner (It's a cult of death and submission to fanatics Larry!!)
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To: Southack

That will send the dispute to the UN.

Where it will disappear never to be seen again.


8 posted on 07/31/2005 8:45:17 AM PDT by Valin (The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.)
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9 posted on 07/31/2005 4:18:46 PM PDT by DoctorZIn (Until they are Free, "We shall all be Iranians!")
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That will send the dispute to the UN.

Where it will disappear never to be seen again.

Thirty-eight Democrats oppose Bush recess-appointing Bolton to the UN; they are trying to insure that Iran may develop nuclear weapons.

Bush will recess-appoint Bolton and he will do the unthinkable, i.e., bitchslap Khamenei and his rabid puppet Ahmadinejaz.

We cannot allow Iran to possess nuclear weapons, but the command team deems a certain diplomatic groundwork essential.

I personally would eschew the diplofairy Twister and go straightaway to dispatching B-2 Spirit bombers with candygrams for Mr. Mongo.

Bolton will guarantee that Iran's belligerent disregard for agreements gains worldwide exposure.

This will not change any hearts and minds, nor will it dissuade Iran from its fanatic pursuits.

It will merely provide the necessary "diplomatic methods have failed and the final recourse is dispatching B-2 Spirit bombers with candygrams for Mr. Mongo."


10 posted on 07/31/2005 5:45:37 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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Hey kids!

It's recess time!


John Bolton will now be teaching you some new games!





(Slick Willie made about 142 recess appointments)


11 posted on 07/31/2005 6:11:16 PM PDT by devolve (------- http://tinypic.com/99klxf.gif ----FoxLicense.gif--350x220------- 5 to the head - Buh Buh! --)
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To: PhilDragoo

That is a super good graphic!


12 posted on 07/31/2005 8:36:35 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: PhilDragoo

Great graphic. Check your email, you've got a great video awaiting.


13 posted on 08/01/2005 9:57:02 AM PDT by BOBTHENAILER (One by one, in small groups or in whole armies, we don't care how we do, but we're gonna getcha)
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