A technician at Iran's Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility south of Tehran talks to visiting Pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) (File)
Posted on 10/23/2009 6:21:50 PM PDT by rdl6989
Iran has delayed its response to a United Nations-backed uranium enrichment plan aimed at easing international concerns that Iran's nuclear program is being used to develop weapons.
Iranian state television quoted Ali Asghar Soltanieh on Friday as saying his country is still considering various aspects of the proposal, under which Iran would ship much of its partially enriched uranium to Russia for further enrichment. The uranium would then be used to fuel a research reactor.
Soltanieh says Iran is looking at details and will respond to Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by the "middle of next week." Iran was to respond by Friday.
The other parties involved -- the United States, Russia and France -- approved the deal ahead of the deadline.
IAEA said Friday that Iran told ElBaradei that it is considering the proposal in a "favorable light."
In a statement, the U.N. nuclear agency said ElBaradei hoped Iran would be equally positive in its response.
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A technician at Iran's Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility south of Tehran talks to visiting Pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) (File)
Or the week after, or the week after that or the week after ….
After a lot of blowharding, Iran will reject this idea simply because Russia long ago proposed the same deal and Iran rejected it. It was not a half bad idea, in that if Russia was involved with the Iranian fuel, they could remove any weapons grade components, or even insert contaminants that would prevent further uranium enrichment but could still be used for fuel.
However, the Russian complicity with Iran could backfire terribly, if the government of Iran shifted to a still unhinged, but anti-Russian one. That is, Iran is likely capable of launching a missile with a nuclear weapon on board capable of hitting Moscow.
It is now 11:59
Amen!
Gosh, I don’t think I can take the suspense.
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NY Times | October 23, 2009
Posted on 10/23/2009 6:14:46 PM PDT by nuconvert
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Delaying response LMAO. I am so shocked.
Stuning isn’t it?
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