CNN.com - Iran rules out Russia nuclear plan - Mar 12, 2006

CNN.com - Iran rules out Russia nuclear plan - Mar 12, 2006

According to CNN "Iran will no longer consider a proposal to move its uranium enrichment program to Russian territory and is instead considering large scale uranium enrichment at home, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters Sunday."

So the deal suggested by Russia to enrich uranium on Russian territory has been outright nixed by Iran. One has to wonder how the deal could possibly ever worked beyond the "diplomatic" diversion that it was, as Iran never considered the offer unless Iran could also enrich on its territory.

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, said on Sunday "we believe the negotiating sides have a chance to continue talks, as mentioned in the statement of the board's head." He suggests all the sides involved "seize such a chance," in Irans "restoration of its right to access nuclear technology." So regardless of any negotiations, Iran will be going the nuke route regardless of whether anyone offers a deal or not. This has not been a negotiation in any way; only Iran insisting everyone see things their way.

For a look into Irans view of the players, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi said, "we think the opposing sides, the Zionist regime and the United States, will surely sustain damage if they make the situation more critical." According to him, the only reason the U.S. is so concerned is a diversion by the U.S. due to its "failure to establish security and peace in Iraq is easily palpable. The issue has infuriated the White House and Mr Bush." Iran of course would not have anything to do with support for "insurgents" in Iraq.

There is still time for continuing the "verbal" diplomatic route, although it strikes me as difficult for Iran to stretch negotiations on for years enabling them to continue their research/work in secret. Iran is counting on the international community backing down and just letting it happen. But I don't see that as how it is going to play out. They may end up losing the sites that are known.
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