Iran and EU Denial

[Annie]

Do you think this will make a bit of diffence in Security Council of UN? :duh3:

How we duped the West, by Iran's nuclear negotiator
By Philip Sherwell in Washington
(Filed: 05/03/2006)

The man who for two years led Iran's nuclear negotiations has laid out in unprecedented detail how the regime took advantage of talks with Britain, France and Germany to forge ahead with its secret atomic programme.

In a speech to a closed meeting of leading Islamic clerics and academics, Hassan Rowhani, who headed talks with the so-called EU3 until last year, revealed how Teheran played for time and tried to dupe the West after its secret nuclear programme was uncovered by the Iranian opposition in 2002.

Iranian scientists
Iran has completed uranium enrichment equipment at Isfahan

He boasted that while talks were taking place in Teheran, Iran was able to complete the installation of equipment for conversion of yellowcake - a key stage in the nuclear fuel process - at its Isfahan plant but at the same time convince European diplomats that nothing was afoot.

"From the outset, the Americans kept telling the Europeans, 'The Iranians are lying and deceiving you and they have not told you everything.' The Europeans used to respond, 'We trust them'," he said.

Revelation of Mr Rowhani's remarks comes at an awkward moment for the Iranian government, ahead of a meeting tomorrow of the United Nations' atomic watchdog, which must make a fresh assessment of Iran's banned nuclear operations."

Edited for Fair Use, Link added How we duped the West, by Iran's nuclear negotiator - Telegraph

 

[waltky]

'Encouraging Signs' From Iran...

Lavrov: Iran agrees to halt 20-percent uranium enrichment. West must lift sanctions
June 18, 2013, Iran has confirmed it is prepared to halt its enrichment of 20-percent uranium, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reported on the ministry website Tuesday, June 18.

He urged Western nations to reciprocate by lifting sanctions. debkafile: It was not clear whether this was a temporary suspension, an absolute halt – or a dodge for getting sanctions eased to enable the incoming Iranian president Hassan Rouhaini get to grips with his top priority, his country’s dire economic straits. Lavrov explained persuasively in his message: “For the first time in many years, there are encouraging signs in the process of settlement of the situation with the Iranian nuclear program. It would be a shame not to take advantage of this opportunity.”

He called Tehran’s concession “a breakthrough agreement, significantly alleviating existing problems, including concerns about the possibility of advanced uranium enrichment to a weapons-grade level.” Lavrov urged the international community “to adequately respond to the constructive progress made by Iran, including gradual suspension and lifting of sanctions, both unilateral and those introduced by the UN Security Council.” The Russian foreign minister’s move ties in with two other developments – one at the two-day G8 summit ending Tuesday in Northern Ireland and the other in Tehran:

1. The Group of Eight was about to wind up its summit Tuesday evening by issuing a joint communiqué – over President Vladimir Putin’s objections – calling for a transition government in Damascus and Bashar Assad’s removal from power. Lavrov’s message from Tehran sought to persuade the Western powers, chiefly President Barack Obama, that they would be missing the chance of a nuclear settlement with Iran, because Tehran would never countenance Assad’s ouster.

2. Moscow tried to put a positive slant on President-Elect Rouhani’s negative statement at his first news conference Monday, when he said Tehran “would not consider halting the country’s uranium enrichment activities entirely.” What he meant, Lavrov hinted, was that Iran would not abandon low-level 5.3 percent enrichment - only the 20 percent grade which brought its nuclear program close to a weapons-grade capacity.

The Russian minister’s comment about it being “a shame not to take advantage of this opportunity” was addressed to Jerusalem. debkafile’s military sources report that, two years ago, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and defense minister at the time, Ehud Barak, came to a secret agreement with the Obama administration that if Tehran stopped the 20-percent enrichment of uranium and shut down its underground enrichment plant at Fordo, Israel would have no objections to Iran carrying on producing uranium refined to the 5.3 percent level. Israel revoked this deal at the end of 2012 when Iran began massively accelerating its enrichment activities and accumulated enough 5.3 percent material for a rapid switch to 20-percent enriched uranium.

Lavrov: Iran agrees to halt 20-percent uranium enrichment. West must lift sanctions

 

[Jos]

If in a

closed meeting of leading Islamic clerics and academics,

How would The zionist Philip Sherwell even know what was said?
Iran Is a member of the NNPT, which gives them the right to use Nuclear energy

 

[MHunterB]

Please present what you consider to be evidence that Sherwell is a 'Zionist', and what relevance you imagine that would have?

 

[Connery]

Moved to proper forum

 

[sambino510]

Please present what you consider to be evidence that Sherwell is a 'Zionist', and what relevance you imagine that would have?

Though whatever Zionism the man he's talking about may adhere to is irrelevant, his point about Iran having a right to nuclear energy is what you should take out of his comment. It seems to me like a preemptive economic strike on a country which has committed no serious crimes has no basis in international law. Moreso, this is a case of a number of nuclear countries, like the U.S., being scared of Iran using nuclear weapons not as a weapon against Israel or Europe or America, but rather as a deterrence that will keep American forces out of Iranian regional affairs. That being said, I for one don't have any reason to believe the Iranians are pursuing a weapon. I guess "innocent until proven guilty" does not apply in the international realm.