Did you really expect any other outcome here?
Iran’s government said tonight that it saw a UN-brokered deal to export much of its enriched uranium “in a favourable light”, but asked for a few days’ extension of a UN deadline to make up its mind.
Under the deal, Iran’s stockpile would be reduced by three-quarters, potentially defusing a crisis in the Gulf. The deal had been agreed in principle by Iranian negotiators earlier this month, but Western observers said the delay in its confirmation reflected disputes and indecision at the top of the government in Tehran.
Diplomats said that Iran had also withdrawn from another commitment to hold talks next week on its enrichment programme, leaving the Obama strategy of engagement up in the air.
Iran’s state-run TV channel quoted Ali Asghar Soltanieh, ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, as saying his government looked on the deal favourably but would give its final response next week.
Iran’s government said tonight that it saw a UN-brokered deal to export much of its enriched uranium “in a favourable light”, but asked for a few days’ extension of a UN deadline to make up its mind.
Under the deal, Iran’s stockpile would be reduced by three-quarters, potentially defusing a crisis in the Gulf. The deal had been agreed in principle by Iranian negotiators earlier this month, but Western observers said the delay in its confirmation reflected disputes and indecision at the top of the government in Tehran.
Diplomats said that Iran had also withdrawn from another commitment to hold talks next week on its enrichment programme, leaving the Obama strategy of engagement up in the air.
Iran’s state-run TV channel quoted Ali Asghar Soltanieh, ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, as saying his government looked on the deal favourably but would give its final response next week.
Inspectors are expected at Iranian nuke sites on 10/25, how do you think that is going to turn out? I’d be very nervous if I was on the team that needed to visit…
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