Israel’s Top Iran Expert: You Can’t Out-Negotiate the Mullahs -- Daily Beast
Sure, Iran’s open to haggle with the United States about nukes. But there’s no way the nation will ever stop enriching uranium, Israel’s top Iran expert tells Dan Ephron.
Israel’s top Iran expert, a former spy who predicted the downfall of the shah in 1979, has news for President Barack Obama or anyone else hoping to talk Iran out of its nuclear program: forget about out-negotiating the mullahs.
Uri Lubrani, who was Israel’s ambassador to Iran from 1973 to 1978, told The Daily Beast that the Iran’s reported willingness to engage directly with the United States was yet another sign that sanctions were hurting the regime. But he said with dead certainty that Iran would not agree to stop enriching uranium—no matter what incentives it is offered.
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My Comment: The Iranians also have the added benefit of knowing that there is no political will in Washington or in Europe for a military confrontation with Iran over it`s nuclear program. With this understanding, there is no motivation in Tehran to reach an agreement over a program that the now probably regard is essential to their own national security.
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