Thursday, October 29, 2009

Iran Responds to UN Uranium Plan, Wants 'Concerns' Addressed



Behind Iran's Mixed Response On The Nuclear Deal -- Time Magazine

Iran announced Thursday that it had delivered its response on a proposed nuclear deal to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. And it appeared to signal that its answer — not yet made public — is to accept the framework of the agreement to reprocess some of its enriched uranium abroad to create fuel for a medical research reactor, but at the same time to demand important changes to the deal. As Tehran kept the world waiting over the past week, conventional wisdom has held that Tehran has been playing for time, testing the limits of international political resolve, and hamstrung by internal political divisions. There's a measure of truth to these claims. But more importantly, the reason Iran and the West are struggling over an agreement envisaged as a first step toward greater cooperation, is that the two sides don't share a common destination.

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More News On Iran's Nuclear Program

IAEA: First Iranian response on enrichment deal -- Yahoo News/AP
Iran Hints at Cooperation on U.N. Nuclear Deal -- New York Times
Iran's president appears to back nuclear proposal -- L.A. Times
Iran said to seek big changes to draft nuclear deal -- Reuters
Iran responds to UN nuclear proposal -- ABC News
Iran claims victory in nuclear battle with the West -- The Telegraph
Iran ready to co-operate on nuclear programme, says Ahmadinejad -- The Guardian

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