Agence France-Presse "Iran Rejects 'Unacceptable' EU Nuclear Offer'

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Iran rejects 'unacceptable' EU nuclear offer
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13911373

Friday, 05 August , 2005, 22:40

Tehran: Iran on Friday rejected a broad package of trade and technology incentives offered by the European Union if it agreed to abandon nuclear fuel work, a move that risks an international crisis.

"The proposals are unacceptable," nuclear negotiator Hossein Moussavian said, describing them as a "clear violation" of agreements between Iran and the European Union.

"They negate Iran's inalienable right," he said.

EU negotiators have called for an emergency meeting of the UN watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, which could refer Iran's nuclear dossier to the Security Council for possible sanctions.

But a defiant Iran said it would also stick by its plans to resume uranium conversion, a preliminary stage in the nuclear fuel cycle, despite warnings that it would trigger an international crisis.

SNIP

Guns of August, redux.

P.S. - There's a long, well-developed thread on this already at DKos. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/8/5/75921/96679


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1. They would have accepted it BEFORE their election. They put an extremist

in office ONLY because Bush stayed in power and TAUNTED THEM, ad nauseum.

Had Kerry taken office, the moderate would have remained in power.

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2. True. Iran actually used to have a pro-American liberal opposition

Bush*'s behaviour in recent years has descredited liberal opposition in Iran for a decade, maybe more.

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3. That is something the corporate media is keeping FROM the public.

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