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Iran Wants Atomic Resolution Through Negotiations
Iran wants to resolve an impasse with Western powers over the nation’s disputed nuclear program through talks, the speaker of its parliament said today, ahead of a planned resumption of their dialogue.
“My feeling is that Iran wants to see a resolution to the matter through political negotiations,” Ali Larijani, also a former nuclear negotiator, told reporters in Geneva. “I look at the upcoming negotiations positively.”
Discussions between Iran and the six-nation group known as the P5+1 are due to resume in Geneva next week, amid optimism sparked by the election of President Hassan Rouhani and the conciliatory tone of his trip to the U.S. last month. Rouhani had a landmark telephone conversation with President Barack Obama, and told the Washington Post he’s eager to resolve the nuclear dispute within six months.
While Iran says its atomic program is solely for civilian use, the U.S. and its allies suspect the Persian Gulf nation wants to develop nuclear weapons. Currency and trade sanctions imposed on Iran have caused its economy to shrink, with oil exports plunging by more than half and slashing government revenue. Rouhani came to office on a pledge revive the economy, and a thaw in ties could help him meet that promise.
“Countries who used to think that by applying pressure and leveling sanctions, they will be able to force Iran to change its position have come to realize that despite all of these impediments, Iran has persisted and today has a more advanced access to peaceful nuclear technology,” Larijani said in Geneva.
3 Comments on "Iran Wants Atomic Resolution Through Negotiations"
Arthur on Thu, 10th Oct 2013 1:57 pm
There is a good chance that this might actually happen. The mood in the US in 2013 is so much different from 2003, that I can’t see how Washington could hope to mobilize US society for yet another war.
J-Gav on Thu, 10th Oct 2013 4:33 pm
You have a point, Arthur, but let’s not forget the power of the war lobbies in Washington and Tel Aviv. Iran has its hard-liners too. In the West, conflict-lovers of all stripes will be pissed off if they don’t get a chance to test out the latest improvements in their military hardware – not to mention all the profits to be made in reconstructing another country we’ve destroyed (Syria’s a more likely target for the war-mongers for that scenario as it would be much easier to wipe out). “War is a Racket,” by Major-General Smedley Butler, is a must read for anybody who cares to really understand the simple truth in such matters.
Meanwhile, according to ex-Pres Jimmy Carter, Israël sports a nuke arsenal of between 150 and 300 weapons, and have so far refused to sign any international agreements regarding same. So Iran getting one or two warheads (which they have sworn not to want but who knows?) would supposedly be a regional military game-changer? I don’t think the Iranians are suicidal. Well, one thing’s for sure, it would make Saudi Arabia more nervous than Israël … and it would represent zero (military) threat to the EU or US. Might put another playing card in the hands of the Mullahs though, in terms of who gets to profit most from the exploitation of their immense fossil-fuel riches (and where the pipelines go).
In any case, if Iran’s, Central Asia’s, Canada’s, Venezuela’s heavy oil are all extracted and burned, chances are we humans will be living underground or not at all due to the climate consequences before the next century begins.
DC on Thu, 10th Oct 2013 4:44 pm
RoFL@Bloomberg. Iran does not have to negotiate the terms of its nuclear power program with the US, or anyone else. Iran complies with the NPT, unlike serial violators of both the spirit and the letter of the NPT, the US and Israel.
The US simply wants to reinstate the Shah, or someone like him, and return Iran to an open-air prison camp, torture regime.
You know, the amerikans want Iran to be just like them….