Editor's Note: Meir Javedanfar is an Iranian – Israeli Middle East analyst and the co-author of The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and The State of Iran. The following post was originally published in The Diplomat, a stellar international current-affairs magazine for the Asia-Pacific region.
By Meir Javedanfar, The Diplomat
A new round of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1, namely the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany, is upon us. Based on the failures of previous talks, the upcoming discussionsscheduled for April 14 have had an air of pessimism hanging over them.
But not all hope is lost.
A recent proposal by the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), as well as a leaked report about U.S and European demands for the upcoming talks, suggest some common ground may be emerging between the two sides.
The report, leaked to the New York Times, find the U.S and European position in the upcoming talks is centered around demands that Iran ceases uranium enrichment of 20 percent at the Fordo nuclear site near the city of Qom. This is in addition to a demand that Iran transfers its existing stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium.
Meanwhile, according to a proposal by Fereydoon Abbasi Davani, who is the current head of the AEOI, Iran “could eventually stop its production of the 20 percent enriched uranium needed for a research reactor, used for medical research and treatments.” Davani then goes on to add: “Iran would continue enriching uranium to lower levels of about 3.5 percent for power generation.”
It’s not clear whether Davani’s view represents that of Ali Khamenei, and it’s certainly the supreme leader who has the final word on nuclear matters. Still, his proposal that Iran could eventually stop production of 20 percent enriched uranium deserves attention.
Obama’s Hopeless Iran Strategy
There are, of course, gaps between the current U.S and European position on the one side, and Davani’s proposal on the other. For example, Davani’s proposal doesn’t include the transfer of existing stock of Iran’s 20 percent enriched uranium. However, despite the differences, the proposals on each side show two important areas of common interest.
One is the U.S and European proposal that shows there’s tacit agreement to Iran enriching at lower levels on its own soil. This is a departure from previous Israeli demands, as well as those under the administration of George W. Bush, that enrichment in Iran must stop altogether. This overture also happens to chime with Davani’s proposal that Iran continues with lower level enrichment on its soil.
The other area of common ground is the idea of ceasing enrichment at Fordo. The difference between the two sides is a matter of timing – the U.S and European position calls for immediate cessation, while Davani’s proposal calls for “eventual” cessation.
In terms of areas of concern on both side, the Iranians during previous deals have expressed concern that if they transfer all their enriched uranium abroad in large batches, they will be left with no leverage if the West doesn’t comply with its own commitments. At the same time, the Iranian government is most probably extremely concerned about the current unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States and the EU against its central bank. This is in addition to sanctions imposed by the international SWIFT clearing system against transactions with Iran’s other banks.
Iran: Between U.S. and a Hard Place
Meanwhile the P5+1 is for its part concerned about continued enrichment of 20 percent at Iran’s nuclear site in Fordo, as well as Iran’s existing stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium.
So, how to move forward? A quid pro quo proposal divided into two stages: interim and permanent.
The goal of the interim part of this plan is to alleviate immediate concerns in the West about Iran’s current stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium, which would be useful for Khamenei’s regime should he decide to go the bomb route. The interim stage could also be used to alleviate Iran’s concerns about current unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States and the EU. It would work sequentially, as follows:
The initial stage:
1) Iran immediately ceases enrichment at 20 percent at Fordo, but continues to enrich uranium at 3.5 percent. Tacit western recognition of the continuation of enrichment on Iranian soil, albeit at a lower level, would be an achievement for the Iranian side that could provide Khamenei with a face saving option, and could help him justify the cessation of enrichment at higher levels. In return, the West ceases to impose further unilateral sanctions against Iran.
2) The West provides Iran with the medical isotopes that Iran has stated it wants to develop from the nuclear fuel made from the 20 percent enriched uranium produced at Fordo. In return, Iran agrees to place all its existing stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium under the strictest IAEA supervision inside Iranian territory. This includes snap inspections as well as cameras with direct, real time feeds into IAEA headquarters in Vienna.
3) Iran then starts to transfer its existing stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium in four or five batches to another country for conversion to fuel. This would be based on a clear timetable. With each batch delivered, elements of the current unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States and the EU against Iran are lifted. When the last batch of 20 percent enriched uranium leaves Iran, the remaining elements of the current unilateral sanctions against Iran would be lifted.
How to Avoid Disaster With Iran
Although this quid pro quo proposal offers an interim solution, if the plan succeeds it could lead to a major boost in confidence between the two sides. Both sides could then move to the next stage for resolving outstanding issues.
The final stage:
1) The Iranian government would then move to dismantle the site in Fordo. In return, the P5+1 would agree to provide Iran with the nuclear fuel it needs on a continuous basis. Both the Iranian and P5+1 moves would be supervised by the IAEA. The IAEA must ensure that Iran gets the nuclear fuel it requires on time and in the right quantities.
2) Iran would then answer remaining IAEA questions. For each “major” question answered, elements of existing U.N. sanctions would be lifted (as per the Russian step-by-step proposal). Once all questions are answered, and the Iranian nuclear program receives a clean bill of health from the IAEA, the final U.N. sanctions against Iran would be removed.
3) The United Nations and the P5+1 move from tacit recognition to official recognition of Iran’s right to enrich uranium at 3.5 percent. The P5+1 and the United Nations would support IAEA programs to provide Iran with assistance for its nuclear program. Iran would then agree to additional protocol IAEA inspections for its existing sites.
Despite previous failures, the upcoming talks between Iran and the P5+1 could still be turned into a success, depending on how far both sides are ready to compromise.
It’s often said that pessimists are simply optimists with experience. But to give the next round of talks a fair chance, both sides may need to work harder to put some of their previous bad experiences behind them.
The views expressed in this article are solely those of Meir Javedanfar.
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By: شبكة اخبار حمص العدية (عاصمة الثورة السورية)
reliable sources from my collegues syrian doctors in syria .
the intelligence services in syria are collecting spoiled blood and injecting forcefully prisioners with 5 ml of it to let them die naturally ...please share to human rights watch and all human organizations around the world ....
also they are sending 50 truks aday since 3 months ago those trucks going to hizboallah south of lebanon , full of weapons , cash, arms, rockets, and some chemical weapons please take a note this is an eye wotness ....why no body is doing any thing to those thugs , war criminal shiia thugs?
They stopped a ship from Iran Regime targeted to the Syria full of heavy weapons to kill the inocent Syrian people couple of days ago. Those regimes are not acceptable from the Iranian nor Syrian. Both are ciminal.
If Iran knows our commedy;
1) First time sanction means, before we go to war, we want know weather you have/not have NB,
2) Second time sanction means, you have NB and we want negotiate, but no war.
attack iran now before it is too late , i wish mccain is usa president
stupid Arab go f..k your camel
Amir makes a valid point.
Go f..k your camel.
Good Job Amir and Shahin
Yes, Arab F..k your camel is asking for you
Long live Israel / long live Iran...
Arabs have been the source of all problems in Middle East...
In Iran the supreme leader Khamenei has the final word. For him the nuclear issue is a matter of national pride, but for the West is a latent threat. As sanctions bite and the regime relies on oil revenues to stay in power, it shows its willingness to compromise, but for how long? Besides the anti-West sentiment among the population will not subside even if the regime gives in. Why not send Mikhail Gorbachev to Iran and let him meet the supreme leader? Maybe the two could have constructive talks.
A latent threat? Yes. In three or four years they may be a real threat. In the mean time we go on foaming at the mouth! Who are we to dictate their foreign policy. Iran is not a threat to the US. We do not need another war we can't win.
You can absolutely win when you finaly have had enough and go in and bomb without putting feet on the ground and forget about nation building or humanatarian concerns.
PLEASE RISE THE VOICE OF HAZARA PEOPLE IN QUETTA PAKISTAN
FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS PRO TALIBAN AL QAEDA SCENARIO ATTACKS ON OUR COMMUNITY AT MOSQUE ASHOORA
PROCEEDING TARGET KILLING ETHNIC CLEANSING . BY THE MILITANTS OF LASHKAR JAGVI AN ALLIED TO ALQAEDA IT VERY DIFFICULT OF HAZARA PEOPLE TO LIVE HERE IN QUETTA PAKISTAN I HOPE THAT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD RISE THE VOICE OF HAZARA PEOPLE AND I REQUEST FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SHOULD HIGHLIGHT THE VOICE OF HAZARA PEOPLE IN QUETTA PAKISTAN
Hazzra must not forget their hindu, criminal collaboration with USA against Suni Muslim, They need to have known, west will leave one day, and blood of innocent Muslim on their hands will never be forgotten.
There will be no peace with Iran. Iran will say anything to gain time until they get the Bomb.
If they had the bomb they would do the same thing India and Pakistan are doing with theirs, nothing! The Soviet Union and the US agreed not to destroy each other a long time ago.
Iran will not stop development of their nuclear weap, West politician are bunch of stupid people who trust Iran and have given Iran more than enough time to continue their development of nuclear bomb so far. Westeren polician have to wake up from their nice dream that Iran will obey the international law or sanctions will make Iran to stop the development of nuclear bomb, stop deaming and open your eye to reality.
Does Iranian regime cares about their own people? they are hanging people in public squares, they are handing people every where, they do not care about anything west say. Iranian regime only understand the language of power and if you show weakness they will use it against yourself, if you stand up to your value then they will back off. Obama Administration has been so weak which is not funny any more it is sad the governement of the most powerfull country in the world became so weak when comes to deal with Iran.
Attack Iran's site and change the regime, let people in Iran live like human being.
Romany is a hindu gentile, criminal slave of hindu Jew's, criminal self centered, secular, deniers of truth absolute. He will do any thing to spread hindu Judaism, criminal secularism to please his hindu sanatan's, filthy goon man god's, including sacrifice of American children on their hindu Jew's alter.
Abe Mulle chup kar warna tere aur tere allah dono ki gand par laat padegi ki ram bhagawan ji ki
Dear Mr Dar,
Muslim like ou are the reason all world hate muslims. please refrain for mmaking racist and unfonded remark, which make no sense. comments like this only show your imamaturity and nothing else.
and if ou don't stop then i will send Bhagwan Shiv also phir ek chutad par bhagwaan Ram ji laat marenge aur doosri chutad par bhagwaan Shiv. hahahaha lol
Every hindu. denier of truth hats Muslim's and Islam, truth absolute, no need to speak for other's, a hindu lives by his hinduism, lies as a hindu lair all his life. and you are no exception. Every human being hates hinduism, racism nor appreciates a hind, low life and his hinduism, denial of truth.
A Nasbi is worse than a dog and will burn forever.
fine example of a hindu, ignorant in his hinduism, ignorance.
Violent death has been the most common catalyst for radicalising discontent in the revolutions of the last 30 years. Sometimes the spark is grisly, like the mass incineration of hundreds in an Iranian cinema in 1978 blamed on the Shah's secret police.
Sometimes the desperate act of a single suicidally inflammatory protester like vegetable salesman Mohammed Bouazizi in Tunisia, in December 2010, catches the imagination of a country.
Even rumours of brutality, such as the claims the Communist secret police had beaten two students to death in Prague in November, 1989, can fire up a public already deeply disillusioned with the system. Reports that Milosevic had had his predecessor, Ivan Stambolic, "disappeared" in the weeks before the Yugoslav presidential elections in 2000 helped to crystallise Serbian rejection of his regime.
Dear Sarah, you're absolutely right, and worst of all Obama has said a few times " yes if Iranian government compromises over nuclear issue, then it can become part of international community." Mr. Obama is very ignorant about nature of mullahs, so that means 33 years of horror of this murderous regime will be forgotten!! I hoe Israel bomb the hell out of this murderous regime of mullahs which took us back to the middle ages.
sarah is Iranian name don't be triter America has been against us for over 30 years. Who supported Saddam for eight years in the war against Iran? For eight years it was America and some European governments. They’re continuing the same policy. I have a serious question to ask – have the policies of some European countries and America in the past 32 years been right against Iran? Have we ever been an aggressor to another country? Have we ever attacked another country? Have we ever started a war at the borders of Europe? No. We have always hoped to have fair and friendly relationships. I believe that the European leaders should know that the Shah will never come back to Iran.”
I gree with you. The terrorist Iran regime would start to pre sale its Nuclear weapon very soon in the Baghdad and damycus and Kabol street to the all terrorists group!
@Sarah
You're dumb! The Obama administration has been weak in dealing with Iran? Really? Let's face it, more sanctions have been placed on Iran in the past two years than any sanctions place on a single nation in history yet you say the Obama administration is weak? Are you serious or just dumb? So what's wrong with using sanctions and diplomacy to try to bring about a peaceful rsolution? We may or may not have to increase the pressure but what would be your solution to this situation? Would you refrain from giving diplomacty a chance and start an all out war? You remind me of Mitt Romey who following the killing of OBL, said he would have gone about it differently! Well sure, if Mitt Romney was commander-in-chief, like GWB, OBL wouldn't even have been on his agenda! Let's face it, when it comes to froeign policy, we have to do things the right way and that includes using diplomacy because if we don't then we would be rendering the very provisions of the UN irrelevent!
hindu, crook west will never get their hindu, unjustified aim, based on hindu Judaism, criminal self centrism, secularism, to hind in defiance of truth absolute 360*, deny Iran her right to Nuclear power, like it or not, only thing proven to be a hind, failure is hinduism, denial of truth by hindu's, deniers of truth absolute
It is a fight over OIL!!! The west want to grab the Iranian oil and give back only a small share to Iran. The Mullahs want all of the oil it for himself and give back a small share to the iranian people! The Mullahs want to build the bomb so that no one would dare to attack. The Suprem leader is worth $36,000,000,000 (billion!) . He has money spread out around the world. Before the revolution he was living in poverty! I guess he must have worked lots of overtime! You want corruption, you can name the Islamic republic as an example. This regime was very fruitfull for the oil and the arm industries. One Saudi arm deal with the west is worth $60 billion! The other side of the equation is that the west need to crest instability in the region so that it can send in the troups and take over. As the result the west has billed these oil rich states Billion of Dollars and with the help of the world bank and the IMF, huge debt have been created in the region. And that is another goal. CREATION OF HUGE DEBT! That is a key to the survival of the big economies. Creating huge debt on other nations.
ISLAM = LIARS...especially IRAN!!! May the fleas of a thousand camels inhabit their beds!!!
OBAMANOS!!!
cayate puto! you cant even drink your own water in your country. And talk about fleas from the donkey show
Drink you cow mama's urine, hindu, filth of the world from hindered gutter called india.
THE ONLY SOLUTION IS ABOUT 500 KILOTONS OF NUCLEAR WARHEAD ON TARGET
on hindered swamp land called inda. No hinduism, filth no hindu's, parasite's. good for humanity.
Mohummed takes the high hard one between the cheeks.
No dear the solution is a rope, a chair and the shaft in the ceiling. Then all your problems are going to be solved.
Perfect solution to get rid of hindu's, deniers of truth and their pot head hindu sanatan, criminal goons in their hindu Judaism, criminal self center ism, secularism for peace, Islam among humanity.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHa!
There should be NO nukes in the middle east bhy ANY country!!!
What crisis? Why must Iran agree to anything. They can give the world the middle finger and would be within their rights! This is being ginned up by Israel. We should stop being their Golem.
You can't stop Iran (or any other nation) from building their own bomb. Every country has the right to develop their own national defense systems. And if Israel (illegally) attacks them, they will at most set back Iran a short time, and cause Iran to simply and immediately pull out of the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, at which point they can simply announce they're decided to develop a bomb. It's inevitable. It's a technology that's the better part of a century old. Wish all the nuclear-armed hypocrites would go fu ck themselves and realize they can't interfere in others' business.
yes you can. you nuke em first.
Republican Ron Paul wants the US military to stop being the cop for the world. The US currently spends between $200 and $300 billion per year defending the Persian Gulf and yet the US receives very little oil from this region. Most of the oil from the Persian Gulf goes to Europe and Asia. Let the countries that are benefiting from the Persian Gulf oil defend the Persian Gulf.
Even if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, does this mean that they will use it when it would mean the total destruction of their nation? This same kind of talk happened when the Soviet Union and China both built a nuclear bombs. Everyone was fearful that this would be the end of the world. Governments have a very strong self survival impulse and using a nuclear weapon is the way to invite total destruction. The only thing that would happen is that Israel would explode one too. The same thing happened when Pakistan exploded one. India exploded one a few months later to show that they had them too. Unfortunately the atomic genie cannot be put back in the bottle.
you ahve not the first clue how the oil markets work. let's pretend for the moment that oil from the middle east was interrupted. do you think europe and asia will simply let their cars run out of gas and their power plants run out of fuel? no. they will call up the people we buy oil from and offer twice what we pay. and those people will tell us if we want the oil to stay headed our way then we have to pay 3 times more – and so on.
it doesnt matter WHERE on the market- any oil ont he market helps us.
we already have 1200 plus nukes sitting around paid for not being used
Just sitting around, gathering dust, not being useful at all!
this plan will never work beyond initial step 1 – why? the iranian people invested over 5 billion dollars (adjusted for inflation) int he european uranium enrichment facility back int he day when the us was trying to get them to build 13 nuclear power plants so all of their oil would be free for sale. Do you know how much fuel they got out of the deal? non, zero, zip. nada. not a single gram. They have already been burned by this exact same western promise.
let's examine the rest of the nonsense – stop enrichment at fordo. but why? because it's a hardened facility built inside a mountain and cant be easily destroyed in an air attack. are you serious? bloody listen to yourself man. "for us to trust you, you need to put all your enrichment eggs in one basket – one basket that we know we can bomb to oblivion if we wanted to" – would YOU but that line of bs?
the big bruhaha about 20% uranium is no big deal really. If you have 20% enriched urnaium and want to make weapons grade uranium, you would need to process about 5 kgs of 20% for every 1 kgs of HEU. if you had 3.5% you would need to process about 28 kgs. if you only have natural urnaium feedstock you would need to process a whopping 200 kgs. By the time you get to civilian reactor level enrichment, 85% of the work needed to turn it into weapons grade material is already done. so why do we have our panties in a bunch over 20%?
Bringing people like Fareed Z and Meir J, is useless and shifts the public further away from the reality of the situation.
Look at the proposals:
"put your nuclear program where we can bomb it".
That is a non starter. And this coming from a bunch of overpaid unstable politicians who just finished creating unspeakable devastation in their neighboring country , (incidentally rich in oil reserves, like Iranians). It would probably drive them further away and encourage them to fortify their defenses and protect their assets.
Second proposal:
"give us your enriched Ur and we will give you what you need for your non-weapon consumption because we are afraid that you are going to get a bomb and attack Israel"
Iranians have not attacked any country for 200 years. They were denied Ur for their research reactor by the west leaving cancer patients in Iran without treatment just a few years ago. Besides the West just cut them off SWIFT, demonstrating that they are willing to use any leverage they have whatever the consequences. They are not likely to give them more leverage.It is highly unlikely that they will stop their progress towards selfsufficiency.
I hope the politicians can think a little more clearly than they come across on TV or in the newspaper.
Excellent point Mardjan! Well said.
Dear Iranians,,,If you do not agree with your leadership,,,form a rebellion and take your country back IF you have the guts to do it and I do not believe you do! MANY MUST die for Iranian people to control their own future and I do not think the Iranian people have the ability, guts, or determination to do so,,,the rest of the world can not fight your battles,,,you must take the first step,,,taking out your so called president would be a good start! IF you do not! Your OWN LEADERS WILL AND ARE LEADING IRAN TOWARDS DESTRUCTION!!!
Dear American! If you have the guts to get rid of AIPAC then do it if not then they will lead to your and worlds destruction
Why are you so worried about Iranians. Mind your own business.
I agree. we should mind our own business, if and when they want a different leadership they will change it themselves. WE should worry about our own problems at home, like the budget deficit, unemployment and social injustice. Who made us the moral standard of the world?
Human beings are too immature and lack the wisdom to utilize fission energy in any form. A major solar flare and all these nuclear reactors and cooling pools around the world will melt down. I have asked myself for forty years, How do you work with people who have no fear of death or of terror? What is the answer? You sit within their hearts with an enlightened mind–you become an infinite void unaffected by beliefs or concepts, ideologies, philosophies, or theologies; you perceive life as it is without attachment. If you would hold in your hands the cosmic powers of uranium and plutonium, then stand ready to endure the presence of those who are one with the universe. It is spiritual warfare–some call it Dharma; some call it God; for some it is Divine Providence or the laws of the universe. Peacemakers in the end are those with the power to dissolve time and with its dissolution any attachment to ego vanishes as well. It is the Ghost of Christmas Future times a billion who comes to visit you in your dreams.
America has been against us for over 34 years. Who supported Saddam for eight years in the war against Iran? For eight years it was America and some European governments. They’re continuing the same policy. I have a serious question to ask – have the policies of some European countries and America in the past 32 years been right against Iran? Have we ever been an aggressor to another country? Have we ever attacked another country? Have we ever started a war at the borders of Europe? No. We have always hoped to have fair and friendly relationships. I believe that the European leaders should know that the Shah will never come back to Iran.”
A hind, absurdity driven from hinduism, denial of truth absolute by a hindu, ignorant, Life begins with truth absolute and sustains by truth absolute 360*, Every thing including radiation is dependent on truth absolute 360*, having no power of ita own but to be in limit of truth absolute 360*, Obeying their truth absolute 360*, AL the LA limit, H, most high, absolute 360* ALLAH, is the only way for humanity to be in peace, Islam, than to be in hinduism, absurdity of hindu sanatans, ignorant goons, as god's, truth absolute. Study some quantum Physics, before spewing your hinduism, ignorance in your hinduism, ignorance.
Wow! You are so filled with hatred! You are not a true follower of Islam.
your lower cheeks are red from the friction of your brothers stalk pumping incessantly.......
Not to worry, everybody. Sarah Palin is on her way to Tehran at this very moment. She took along some mooseburgers and a large platter of her famous s'mores to break the ice. And then she'll dazzle everyone when she spews her folksy, homespun nonsense. When it comes to international diplomacy, we can all learn something from Sarah Palin.
"Eventually" can be a very long time. This is no different from the tap dancing tunes offered by the Iranian regime many times before. Also as before, expect that months and months will be spent working out the "details" only for the Iranian regime to refuse the whole deal right at the end. Thus, Iran, for about the fifteenth iteration, will buy itself more time to continue unhindered nuclear development. How can anyone expect the regime to have any respect for the rest of the world when we are so gullible as to fall for this ploy every time?
iran has had enough enriched uranium in it's possession for a crude device with a hiroshima magnitude yield since at least the early 70's (they got the material fromt he united states under the atoms for peace program, ironic, no?). the better part of half a century now. just how much longer do you think they are stalling for?
A lot of loopy comments here – but one accurate observation is that none of the Iranian generals in the lead photo (with Khameni) look like they've missed any meals in the last 30 years !!
it is clear to any one with a brain that Iran is a danger to the entire world, even the Arab / Muslim world. they are on a course of destruction and will do what ever they can to stall for time in order to build a nucelar weapon and use it on the West and Western Allies. so the bottom line is they can either stop now or be stopped. If the US and the Europeans don't have the political will to stop them then let the Israel do it. the Israeli's have G-D on their side, many of the other Arab countries secret support and have the stomach to do what is is necessary, just need the nod from the West to do it.
i am from iran , and think that USA is a dangerous country for all over world. but we have just science and not anything
. american is a dangerous country in world and anybody that life in world should against USA persist . in the end
I LOVE IRAN.
How did all human race create this xenophobia. It is clear that we need an alternative energy. The fosile flued we have been consuming have a lifetime of 10 years or so left. So were the whale oil or charcoal oil we depended on for the last...well only 100 years...All the people need an altenative energy. I wish it was solar, hydro or wind. But it isn't. Come to your senses. This is mere sustanance. If you are clever enough to look forward.
Speaking of crazy, as we saw during last week’s debates, Republicans are baying for war against Iran, seemingly heedless of the political, financial or economic risks involved. Israel, they chorus, is in mortal danger. For the Republican right, Israel often seems to be a more important issue than the United States.
But they don’t explain why Iran would risk nuclear evaporation from Israel’s mighty air, land and sea-based nuclear forces to launch a few nuclear weapons (which they may not even have, and which may or may not work) at Israel. Suicide is not high on Iran’s priority list.
A new element in the UN is the claim that a Russian scientist who supposedly worked on Iranian nuclear weapons explosive technology has defected and revealed all to western intelligence.
But investigative journalists now assert that the scientist may actually have worked in Russia on explosive technology to produce industrial diamonds, not nuclear weapons. This would be very embarrassing for Washington’s war party and for media agitating for war against Iran.
Israel/Zionist occupiers have the worst history of occupation, human right violations and killings of the innocents, worst than the Apatheid (previous government of South Africa)and Nazis combined! And they still do it on daily basis and the whole world can see it.
There needs to be a full UN Peacekeeping Force installed between Israel and the Palestinians. (Not in to Afghanistan Only )All of the illegal settlements need to be repatriated. The Minister Defense and Prime Minister as well as the soldiers who carried out this murderous act need to be tried on War Crimes
Not to worry –Israel they been exoduses from Spain, Poland, Russia Europe and of course Egypt –Babylon-Persia there is no doubt -that the Jews very comfortable with rejection by many communities over the millenia. No doubt -they shall experience more exoduses-the rejection and anger is hovering in the air in many nations particularly in the US. So expect to see a strong backlash spreading from this incident and someone will tap into this seething anger and ensure a future engagement with Israel itself.
Ron, your nuts and make zero sense, the issue between Israel and the Palestinian's has nothing to do with Iran. This is just an issue that the Iranian leadership usses and you use to justify your actions and hatred of the Jewish people. Jesus was a Jew and all the Jews I know are great people!
Son of blessed Mary was not a hindu Jew, secular but a Hebrew, dedicated to truth absolute 360* and his name was not Jesus but Easu. Anointed one.
How I miss the SHA-N-SHA I know he had a son take your country back. so the world can live in peace;
Only by hindu Mithra ism, pagan savior ism, hinduism, absurdity of Egyptian and Persian hindu's, deniers of truth absolute 360*. One has to be a hindu, ignorant to say Allah, Truth absolute had a son, proven other wise by Quantum Physics and teachings of Nabeen, Naviam Pbt, the messengers of Allah the merciful.
Mohammad A Dar eats pigs on the sabbath
hinduism, absurdity of a hindu, absurd in his hindu Judaism, pagan self center ism, secularism.
for some reason CNN does not publish my comments........I never make outrageous and stupid comments but.....does CNN censor??? Here goes the freedom of expression that we in the west gloat about all the time!
It is been my experience also that CNN not only censors but filters these postings as well. Shame on CNN for stampling on the 1st amendment rights .....the very basis of their business model permitted by the american citizens and govt.. SHAME ON CNN.
You do not know Molah government. You had just a trip to the Tehran , But I'm Iranian that quit the country 15 years ago. They are big liar that break their promise easily. The have promised to better life, democracy and peace for Iranian, but they didn't provide any. Thousands of educated people ran away from Iran and Thousands are in the Jail. They want nuclear weapon, because they wanted to control the region: from Bahrain to Iraq and Afghnistan, Tajiekestan and Lebonan. The best approach is helping Iranian to get rid of this regime. Iranian do not want Atomic bomb, neither another war.
How can the Iran problem be solved when we have friends of USA (supposed) like India backstabbing them? Shame on these Indians for double dealing and double crossing the Americans in Iran and Syria among other places.
Angry muslims and hindu's here. Mohammad A Dar I would love to test your faith with mine, us and two and a pair of schimitars. I am not a christian, hindu, or muslim but my faith and that of others whom believe in a universal peace will temper your rage. I will drop my blade before you strike at me and I will try to smile through the pain. It is just as fleeting as your anger that permiates this life. You are no better than the followers of kali whom believe in bringing a purifying light through death. I do not seek redeption in heaven or hell as you do, I seek it through my current actions of compassion and understanding not death and segregation. You liberate yourself into a realm of hell. I pray you will understand this one day. For this life is more important than an eternity in heaven. Go read the Noble Qur'an again as you did when you were an innocent child unadultured vby your fears, read it again with a heart and mind clear of attachment and hate then tell me I am wrong. May all the eyes in the world be open to the ONLY truth, that compassion and love raise those around you to a higher level while fear and bigotry bring all around you into a living hell of ones own creation that is believed to be normal and acceptable. I pray for you all to follow a true light and not an illusion. If not in this life then the next.
~ Zill
I read this article, as well as the referred article about the so called "Russian step-by-step proposal". It all sounds reasonable at the first glance, but unfortunately I do not see it working.
At first, lets analyze the motivation of the parties involved:
Suppose an utopia variant: Iran's goal is to develop peaceful, independent, and economically viable nuclear power industry. This means developing all the relevant technologies: enrichment, reactor/power generation, reprocessing of spent fuel, relevant safety technologies, etc... This can be done under IAEA supervision which implies two issues: (i) to ensure that the industry is peaceful, and (ii) to insure that it is safe. The second item implies technology transfer from the advances western nations (Russia included into this) to Iran. The first part implies full disclosure from Iran to ensure that IAEA monitors the entire industry and not only part of it. So what is wrong with this idea?
There are tree things which are wrong with this idea:
1. Russia does not want Iran to have independent nuclear industry. Russia wants Iran to have nuclear reactors and power plants, but buying fuel from Russia and returning spent fuel back to Russia for reprocessing. In other words, Russia wants Iranian nuclear power industry be part of its own business. This is economic interest: business is business, there is nothing political about it. Obviously Russia does not want to do any technology transfer other than whatever is required for safe operation of Russian supplied equipment.
Europe also does not want any peaceful Iranian nuclear industry, but for another reason: it is easier to negotiate about oil wit a country which has nothing other than oil.
2. US wants just to have tensions kept on reasonably high level, short of war. Just balancing on the brink of way. This is the inherent part of mechanism of US dominance in The Middle East. If not Iran, then there is a need for another enemy. If no enemy in sight, then how you can explain to the neighbors that they should adhere to what US is telling them to do. US fully controls the level of these tensions: US can escalate or de-escalate it depending on US political needs at any particular moment.
Paradoxically Russia also wants to keep some tensions around Iran, but obviously on a much milder level - opportunity to set arbitrary high prices resulting from Russia's monopoly of doing this business with Iran.
3. Unfortunately US position above makes impossible for Iran and IAEA to have full disclosure: the numerous experiences in neighborhood show that US/UN sanctions is merely to wear out and weaken a country in order to prepare a military operation against it. In this situation full disclosure for Iran means that US/NATO has a complete and accurate target list. On the other hand, uncertainty and doubt - i.e., rumors some parts of nuclear industry hidden in underground tunnels beyond the reach of bunker buster bomb - is what exactly keeps US/NATO/Israel from attacking Iranian installations.
Given the 1, 2, 3 above one can drive the conclusion about viability of this plan.
hinduism, absurdity of a hindu, absurd from hindered gutter land india, pretending to be Muslim.