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Tehran Rejects Nuclear Accord, Officials Report
This article is by David E. Sanger , Steven Erlanger and Robert F. Worth . WASHINGTON — Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday that it would not accept a plan its negotiators agreed to last week to send its stockpile of uranium out of the country, according to diplomats in ...
Iran response to proposed nuclear deal called inadequate
Iran response to proposed nuclear deal called inadequate
latimes.com — A Western diplomat says Tehran seeks to send its uranium abroad for enrichment in smaller batches and... over a longer timetable than foreseen by the U.S.-backed proposal. Copyright 2009, The Los Angeles Times (more) Iran response to proposed nuclear deal called inadequate
Iran accused of playing games on nuclear deal
Iran accused of playing games on nuclear deal
telegraph.co.uk — Iran has been accused of playing games after attempting to renegotiate a deal on its nuclear programme.... (more) Iran accused of playing games on nuclear deal
Iran Said to Reject Key Element of Nuclear Deal
nytimes.com — WASHINGTON — Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday that it would not accept a... plan its negotiators agreed to last week to send its stockpile of uranium out of the country, according to diplomats in Europe and American officials ... (more) Iran Said to Reject Key Element of Nuclear Deal
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Iran Rejects Deal to Ship Out Uranium, Officials Report
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... Ahmadinejad, insisted that “we are ready to cooperate” with the West. But the European and American officials said that Iranian officials had refused to go along with the central feature of the draft agreement reached on Oct. 21 in Vienna: a provision that would have required the country to send about three-quarters of its current known stockpile of low-enriched uranium to Russia to be processed and returned for use in a reactor in Tehran used to make medical isotopes. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/world/middleeast/30nu...

Of Smart Power and Monkeys
Weekly Standard Blog — The Obama administration's diplomatic efforts on North Korea have stalled, the peace process is going nowhere fast, and now the negotiations with Iran have collapsed entirely. The Telegraph reports on the Obama administration's now failed attempt to talk the Iranians out of their nuclear materials: "It's like playing chess with a monkey," said one diplomat close to the talks. "You get them to checkmate, and then they swallow the king." Monkeys with nuclear weapons -- what could go wrong?

On the Eve of WWIII?
Antiwar.com Original — Can you believe it? We may be on the eve of World War III because a research reactor near Tehran – that mostly produces radioactive isotopes for use in medicine, and is subject to a Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency – will need refueling in a year or so. How could that need result in WWIII? Well, thereby hangs a tale. With respect to the Tehran Research Reactor, the Iranians have essentially three options. [1] The Iranians want to purchase replacement fuel – which is uranium with the U-235 isotope enriched to about 20% – as they did in 1992 (from Argentina). But, because of the U.S. and UN imposed sanctions on Iran, it seems ...

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Breaking: Iran rejects west’s nuclear deal
hotair.com 10/30/2009 — Robert Kagan wondered this morning if The One will ever be prepared to play hardball with Iran or if the “plan” is, in fact, eternal negotiation while they perfect their bombmaking technique. [...] Read the rest »