Friday, October 30, 2009

Iran Rejects Deal to Ship Out Uranium, Officials Report

From The New York Times:

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 briefed on Iran’s response.

The apparent rejection of the deal could unwind President Obama’s effort to buy time to resolve the nuclear standoff.

In public, neither the Iranians nor the watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, revealed the details of Iran’s objections, which came only hours after Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, insisted that “we are ready to cooperate” with the West.

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More News On Iran And Its Nuclear Program

Iran Seeks to Alter Agreement -- Wall Street Journal
Iran Demands Changes to Deal with the West on Nuclear Ambitions -- Times Online
Iran Adds Caveat to Nuclear Cooperation Deal -- Voice of America
Iran Reply on Nuclear Deal Called 'Inadequate' -- L.A. Times
Clinton says U.S. to let Iran nuclear talks play out -- Reuters
U.S. Senate Panel Authorizes Stronger Iran Sanctions -- New York Times

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