Reuters: Washington is “hallucinating” if it thinks Iran will
scrap its nuclear fuel production plans in return for economic incentives, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying on Sunday. The United States offered the encouragements in a
bid to boost the European Union which is negotiating with Tehran to try to persuade it to give up sensitive nuclear activities.
US ‘Hallucinating’ Over Nuclear Negotiations-Iran
‘Stronger’ US action if Iran does not end nuclear weapons ambitions: Cheney
AFP: The United States will pursue “stronger action” if Iran does not abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions, Vice President Dick Cheney said in an interview Friday. The statement comes as Washington announced it would drop objections to Iran joining the World Trade Organization to support efforts by Britain, France and Germany aimed at persuading Tehran to end its suspect nuclear program.
Europe and U.S. Agree on Carrot-and-Stick Approach to Iran
New York Times: Europe’s leading nations, yielding to American demands for a tougher stance on Iran, warned
Friday that any failure by the Iranian government to give up its suspected nuclear arms program would leave them “no choice” but to seek punishments at the United Nations
Security Council.
Iran dismisses U.S. policy shift
CNN: The United States has dropped its opposition to Iran’s application for membership in the World Trade Organization in an effort to bolster European negotiations with the Tehran regime over its nuclear program. The three European countries negotiating with Iran — Britain, Germany and France — had been pressing the Bush administration to drop American opposition to Iran trying to enter the WTO, which facilitates …
US agrees incentives if Iran halts its nuclear programme
Daily Telegraph: Washington announced a major shift in its policy on Iran yesterday when it agreed to back Europe in offering economic incentives for Teheran to abandon its nuclear programme. The decision is the fruit of months of transatlantic diplomatic wrangling over the best way to stop
the ruling clerics from acquiring nuclear weapons.
US yields over trade for Iran deal
The Times: PRESIDENT BUSH backed European efforts to persuade Iran to drop its nuclear ambitions, opening the way for a country the US views with hostility eventually to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In the first foreign policy compromise of Mr Bushs second term, Washington said that
it would support the British-French-German initiative to offer Tehran limited economic incentives to forsake the enrichment of uranium.
U.S. Will Offer Incentives to Iran on Nuclear Issue
Los Angeles Times: In a major concession to European allies and a blow to the administration’s most conservative supporters, the United States has agreed to abandon its objections to Iranian membership in the World Trade Organization, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today.
EU3 say Iran faces UN if resumes nuke enrichment
Reuters: Britain, France and Germany told their European Union partners on Friday they would support referring Iran to the U.N. Security Council if it resumes uranium enrichment or breaches nuclear commitments. The three European powers said in a letter to EU president Luxembourg that “progress is not as fast as we would wish” in talks launched last December to persuade Tehran to end its most sensitive nuclear work in return for economic and political benefits.
EU to Support U.S. Over Iran Sanctions
AP: The European Union will support U.S. calls to bring Tehran before the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions unless it agrees to scrap the technology that can be used to make nuclear arms, according to a document obtained Friday by The Associated Press. If Iran does not agree, “We shall have no choice but to support referring Iran’s nuclear program to the U.N. Security Council,” said the confidential EU document on the state of negotiations on uranium enrichment between Iran, Germany, France and Britain.
The French connection
Washington Times: As Washington considers backing the European Union’s proposal for trade benefits for Iran, troubling revelations emerged this week about Tehran’s continued mislead-and-cheat tactics to hide the extent of its nuclear weapons program. The International Atomic Energy Agency revealed earlier that the clerical regime had refused the inspection of the Parchin military site near Tehran. It also reported that Iran has started building a heavy-water reactor near the central city of Arak.
