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Iran Balks at UN Plan on Nukes

Now wants to buy fuel, not ship uranium to Russia for enrichment

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 23, 2009 9:30 AM CDT

(AP) – State TV says Iran wants to buy nuclear fuel it needs for a research reactor rather than accept the UN deal negotiated earlier this week, in which much of Iran's uranium would be shipped to Russia for further enrichment. The response will come as a disappointment to the US, Russia, and France, all of whom endorsed the UN plan today as a way of steering Tehran away from nuclear weapons. No sign yet on how the world powers will react.


 

Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, left, speaks to media Wednesday.
Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, left, speaks to media Wednesday.   (Hans Punz)
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei speaks to the media in Vienna on Wednesday.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei speaks to the media in Vienna on Wednesday.   (AP Photo/Hans Punz)
Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh.
Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh.   (AP Photo/Hans Punz)
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justme
Oct 24, 2009 12:10 PM CDT
I can hear the Iranians now, "If we can keep these idiots talking for just one more year....." For the Russians it's easy, the Iranians need them and fear them. Russia doesn't negotiate like the West does. They just kick A$$ and then negotiate a withdrawal.
ianakamel
Oct 23, 2009 3:16 AM CDT
Uh, Israel wouldn't mind blowing some shit up... I was all for diplomacy, but then I found out that these two-faced liars (1) didn't want to play ball, (2) hid at least one military, nuclear facility from the rest of the world, (3) brutely kills its own citizens, and (4) continues to call for Israel's destruction. The precision military option should now be, front and center, on that proverbial table. Give them one more chance, and if they balk, let em' rip.
Middleman
Oct 23, 2009 3:12 AM CDT
The Iranian government didn't hold up there end of the bargain... let me hold back my look of shock...

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