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Iran suspends uranium enrichment
The Guardian UK ^ | Sunday, 11-04-2012 | Josh Layton

Posted on 11/03/2012 8:34:59 PM PDT by Abiotic

Iran has suspended the enrichment of uranium stockpiles to the 20% purity needed to bring it a short step from building a nuclear device, news services in the region have reported.

Mohammad Hossein Asfari, a member of parliament responsible for foreign policy and national security, was quoted as saying that the move was a "goodwill" gesture, aimed at softening Iran's position before a new round of scheduled talks with the United States after this week's presidential elections.

Asfari said he hoped sanctions would be lifted in return for Iran's actions, otherwise it would resume the programme, according to a website belonging to the Al Arabiya news channel. Talks aimed at halting Iran's enrichment programme have made little progress, leading to the west tightening sanctions and increasing the prospect of military action by Israel.

The Islamic republic's economy has plummeted in the grip of punitive economic measures and Tehran indicated earlier this month that it would be willing to negotiate. However, the offer to suspend enrichment required so many concessions that it was dismissed by the United States.

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KEYWORDS: elbaradeisbomb; enrichment; iaeabomb; iran; iraniannuke; mullahsbomb; nuclear; nucleariran; qatar; uranium; valeriejarrett
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To: Abiotic

The day of the first debate Jarrett went to the middle East to meet with Iranian Delegation to ask for a “temporary” stop on Uranium enrichment before the election!!

http://theulstermanreport.com/

truthandjustice
October 19, 2012 at 1:59 am

Obama cuts deal with Iran re nukes: (excerpts – see entire article)

Iranian and U.S. negotiators have reached an agreement that calls for Iran to halt part of its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of many of the U.S. sanctions against the Islamic regime, according to a highly placed source.

In the meeting, according to the source, the U.S. delegation urged an announcement, even if only on a “temporary” nuclear deal, before the U.S. elections to help Obama get re-elected.

A Romney presidency, the delegation said, would surely move more toward Israel, and the Iranians were reminded that Obama has stood up to Israel against any plans to attack Iran.

The regime’s delegate was urged to understand that if Iran does not stand by Obama, Israel will attack Iran.

In the Qatar meeting, according to the Iranian source, the American woman delegate, who has had several meetings with Velayati during the past several years, jokingly told Velayati that she will be the next secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in a second Obama administration and that it would be wise for Iranians to invest in U.S. real estate.

In the past five months, four meetings were held in the U.S. with the Islamic regime’s surrogates to hash out what was to be discussed at the Doha meeting. The source identified Valerie Jarrett, a senior Obama adviser, as the head of the U.S. effort to engage Iran. Also identified was Cyrus Amir Mokri, assistant secretary of the Treasury Department forfinancial institutions, as another member advising the president on the issue.

Jarrett’s family has known the Velayati family since their stay in Iran in the 1950s, the source added. Jarrett’s father worked at the Namazi hospital in Shiraz, owned by an Iranian family that has been influential with the regime after the Islamic Revolution.

http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/obama-cuts-deal-with-iran-over-nukes/


62 posted on 11/03/2012 10:27:14 PM PDT by ebysan (ebysan)
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To: Abiotic

Looks like this story might be false...

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9107116754


64 posted on 11/03/2012 10:56:01 PM PDT by jjguzzardo
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To: Abiotic

Sounds like they looked in the history books
and decided Obama = Carter.

Maybe they are telling us how they think the
election is going to go???


65 posted on 11/03/2012 11:12:16 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Abiotic

Because they’re done - already have it completed.


66 posted on 11/04/2012 1:35:47 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Abiotic

Iran has suspended floggings and beheadings, because their arms are tired.


67 posted on 11/04/2012 2:20:44 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Abiotic

Well that settles it - Zero is a foreign policy wizard and we must vote for him...


68 posted on 11/04/2012 4:12:41 AM PST by trebb (Allies no longer trust us. Enemies no longer fear us.)
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To: granite

I like it


69 posted on 11/04/2012 6:34:00 AM PST by Friendofgeorge (Michael Barone says its a landslide...believe it)
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To: Abiotic

They sure aren’t doing it from fear of Obama.


70 posted on 11/04/2012 6:40:19 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Why is the government more concerned about protecting a microbe on Mars than an unborn baby here?)
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To: Abiotic

And I’m 5’10” 125 pounds living in a seaside mansion with a Ferrari a rolls and a bentley in the garage!


71 posted on 11/04/2012 6:46:07 AM PST by Mom MD (T he country needs Obamacare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask)
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To: Abiotic

Wow! This certainly proves that 0bama’s foreign policy works! lol


72 posted on 11/04/2012 8:30:24 AM PST by DBrow
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To: Abiotic
Every enemy of the United States wants Obama to be reelected. Chavez, Aminadinawhackjob, Putin, Castro, etc., are all putting their collective energies behind Obama, their fellow traveler.
73 posted on 11/05/2012 9:47:18 AM PST by Gabrial (The nightmare will continue as long as the nightmare is in the Whitehouse.)
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