Photo: Iran’s plan was seen as a sign that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was feeling the pressure. Caren Firouz/Reuters
Iran Offers Plan, Dismissed By U.S., On Nuclear Crisis -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — With harsh economic sanctions contributing to the first major protests in Iran in three years, Iranian officials have begun to describe what they call a “nine-step plan” to defuse the nuclear crisis with the West by gradually suspending the production of the uranium that would be easiest for them to convert into a nuclear weapon.
But the plan requires so many concessions by the West, starting with the dismantling of all the sanctions that are blocking oil sales and setting off the collapse of the Iranian currency, that American officials have dismissed it as unworkable. Nonetheless, Iranian officials used their visit to the United Nations last week to attempt to drum up support, indicating that the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is finally feeling the pressure.
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More News On Iran's Nuclear Offer And It's Rejection
US rejects Iranian plan to diffuse nuclear crisis -- Jerusalem Post
US dismissed Iranian plan to resolve nuclear crisis -- YNet News
Report: U.S. rejected Iranian plan to end standoff over nuclear program -- Haaretz
My Comment: The Iranian government must be feeling the pressure if they are making these offers .... but the problem is that these offers have so many conditions to them that no one is going to take them seriously.
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