Iran agrees to delay nuclear restart (backs off threat)

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8770399/

Iran agrees to delay nuclear restart

Uranium reprocessing on brief hold; EU working on incentives package

ISFAHAN, Iran - Iran threatened to reopen its nuclear processing plant here Monday but later agreed to a two-day delay after receiving a request from the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency.

Ali Agha Mohammadi, spokesman for Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, told The Associated Press that International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohammed ElBaradei asked Tehran for a “maximum of two days” to send its inspectors to Iran’s nuclear facility where they can oversee the dismantling of U.N. seals.

But the IAEA denied setting a two-day deadline, saying more time is needed to oversee the plant’s resumption of uranium processing, agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said.

“We have sent a letter to Iran indicating that it would take at least a week to get our surveillance equipment and other required measures in place,” she said.

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[Lerkfish]

1. LOL, where's that gonna leave Bolton?

Just like Iraq -- Iran will comply with the UN, but Bush will invade anyhow.

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2. Cheney will nuke them anyway

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3. Anything to Kill And Steal

Har har me maties!