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Iran leader welcomes nuclear plan
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by snuffysmith | October 29, 2009 at 05:47 pm
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Iran leader welcomes nuclear plan
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. File image courtesy AFP.by Staff Writers
Tehran (AFP) Oct 29, 2009
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday conditions were ripe for nuclear cooperation with the major powers as the atomic watchdog received an Iranian response to a UN-brokered plan.Breaking with his usual hardline rhetoric, Ahmadinejad hailed what he said was a change in Western policy from "confrontation to cooperation" that had made cooperation possible over Iran's nuclear programme.
"We welcome fuel exchange, nuclear cooperation, building of power plants and reactors and we are ready to cooperate," the Iranian leader said in a speech broadcast live on state television.
The contents of Iran's response to a fuel-for-fuel draft proposal from the International Atomic Energy Agency for Tehran's low-enriched uranium have not been officially disclosed. Already, though, both inside Iran and in the United States, the initiative is under attack. What is being reported here differs from the lead story on the front page of the New York Times this morningentitled "Iran Rejects Deal to Ship Out Uranium, Officials Report"
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at 18:31 on October 29th, 2009
Thank you for your suggestion. I supplemented the story.
at 09:03 on October 30th, 2009
Various reports indicate that Iran's counter-offer is not the final response, but rather one that has sufficient elements in it to motivate ElBaradei to continue pushing for a compromise.
"We welcome the exchange of fuel and cooperation on the reactor and we are ready for cooperation," Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday. He echoed a statement by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki regarding Iran's preparedness to export some of its low-enriched uranium for further enrichment abroad.
at 09:04 on October 30th, 2009
Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's envoy to the IAEA, in an interview with the Iranian Fars news agency, reiterated that "Iran follows the Vienna talks with a positive perspective". In a separate interview with Iran's PressTV, he said, "In the course of such a meeting, which is merely a technical discussion between Iran and the IAEA, economic and technical concerns have to be taken into consideration when dealing with the modalities of the supply of the fuel."
at 09:09 on October 30th, 2009
The US position appears to have returned to the zero enrichment option favored by the Bush administration. This is in light of a key speech by the National Security Advisor, James Jones, before a pro-Israel lobbying group, in which he categorically stated that the administration remained steadfast on ending Iran's enrichment program.
at 10:07 on October 30th, 2009
Interpreting Iran’s Response
Hillary Mann Leverett has updated her article over at Foreign Policy, “Pragmatists in Tehran,” in light of Iran’s response yesterday to the IAEA.
From her analysis:
You can read the entire article here.