Friday, October 23, 2009

Negotiations With Iran On Its Nuclear Program Are Near Collapse

The Bushehr nuclear power plant. Photo from Radio Free Europe

Barack Obama's Policy On Brink Of Collapse As Tehran Does Last-Minute Nuclear Stall -- Times Online

President Obama’s policy of diplomatic engagement with Iran is close to collapse as Tehran backtracks on a crucial deal aimed at cutting its stockpiles of nuclear fuel.

Iran agreed a deal “in principle” at talks in Geneva to ship the majority of its low-enriched uranium overseas for reprocessing into nuclear fuel that could be used for a medical research reactor.

A deal outlining this was finalised in Vienna this week and a deadline of midnight tonight was set for the agreement to be sealed with Tehran.

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My Comment: For the past two days much of the American media have been trumpeting President Obama's skills at getting the Iranians to agree on the West being responsible for processing their uranium into nuclear fuel under close UN supervision.

These same pundits are strangely quiet tonight.

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