De VS lijkt wel erg toegeeflijk naar Iran toe, terwijl er geen enkel signaal van toenadering van de andere kant komt...
De kans is groot dat Iran de gesprekken zal gebruiken als vertragingstaktiek; zo lang men in gesprek is zal er verder geen actie worden ondernomen en verhindert de VS dat Israel actie onderneemt, en kan Iran ondertussen doorgaan met het werken aan haar atoombom. Over een jaar ofzo is dat dan een nieuwe realiteit en 'feit op de grond' waar niks meer aan te doen is, zo zal men zeggen. De gevolgen zijn niet te overzien, en dit is ook absoluut niet specifiek een Israelisch probleem. Een nucleair Iran is een bedreiging voor de regio, voor Europa en voor de VS.
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Report: U.S. to drop key condition in Iran nuclear talks
By News Agencies - Haaretz
Report: U.S. to drop key condition in Iran nuclear talks
By News Agencies - Haaretz
The Obama administration and its European allies are considering dropping a long-standing U.S. demand that Iran immediately shut down its nuclear facilities if it enters talks over its atomic program, The New York Times reported on Monday on its website.
The proposal would also allow Tehran to continue enriching uranium for some period during the talks and would be a sharp break from the Bush administration, which had demanded that Iran halt its enrichment activities, the report said.
Enriching uranium can produce fuel for a nuclear power plant or, if purified to a much higher degree, provide material for an atomic bomb. The West suspects Iran's nuclear program is cover for building an atomic bomb but Tehran says it is to generate electricity.
The proposals, still under discussion, were aimed at drawing Iran into nuclear talks that it has so far shunned, the newspaper said, citing officials involved in the strategy sessions.
A senior Obama administration official cautioned that "we are still at the brainstorming level" and said the terms of an opening proposal to Iran were still being debated, the newspaper said.
The six major powers dealing with Iran, including the United States, met in London last week and invited Tehran to a new round of talks about its nuclear program.
The New York Times cited European officials as saying that in talks during Obama's visit to Europe there was agreement that Iran would not accept the immediate shutdown of its facilities that the Bush administration had demanded.
Obama administration officials declined to discuss details of their deliberations, but said any new American policy would ultimately require Iran to cease enrichment, the newspaper said.
"Our goal remains exactly what it has been in the UN resolutions: suspension," one senior administration official told the newspaper.
Iran and the European Union on Monday agreed to resume talks over Iran's controversial nuclear program, which for the first time could involve direct negotiations with the United States.
During a telephone conversation between Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saaid Jalili and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, the two sides agreed to pursue talks between Tehran and the so-called P5+1 group, state television network IRIB reported.
The group consists of the five permanent United Nations Security Council members - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - plus Germany. There was no word on the date or venue of a new round of negotiations.
The proposal would also allow Tehran to continue enriching uranium for some period during the talks and would be a sharp break from the Bush administration, which had demanded that Iran halt its enrichment activities, the report said.
Enriching uranium can produce fuel for a nuclear power plant or, if purified to a much higher degree, provide material for an atomic bomb. The West suspects Iran's nuclear program is cover for building an atomic bomb but Tehran says it is to generate electricity.
The proposals, still under discussion, were aimed at drawing Iran into nuclear talks that it has so far shunned, the newspaper said, citing officials involved in the strategy sessions.
A senior Obama administration official cautioned that "we are still at the brainstorming level" and said the terms of an opening proposal to Iran were still being debated, the newspaper said.
The six major powers dealing with Iran, including the United States, met in London last week and invited Tehran to a new round of talks about its nuclear program.
The New York Times cited European officials as saying that in talks during Obama's visit to Europe there was agreement that Iran would not accept the immediate shutdown of its facilities that the Bush administration had demanded.
Obama administration officials declined to discuss details of their deliberations, but said any new American policy would ultimately require Iran to cease enrichment, the newspaper said.
"Our goal remains exactly what it has been in the UN resolutions: suspension," one senior administration official told the newspaper.
Iran and the European Union on Monday agreed to resume talks over Iran's controversial nuclear program, which for the first time could involve direct negotiations with the United States.
During a telephone conversation between Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saaid Jalili and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, the two sides agreed to pursue talks between Tehran and the so-called P5+1 group, state television network IRIB reported.
The group consists of the five permanent United Nations Security Council members - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - plus Germany. There was no word on the date or venue of a new round of negotiations.
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