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August 22, 2006
Iran: Islamic Regime Refuses to Suspend Uranium Enrichment
My question before the West, and especially before the United States is this: did anybody expect the "package of incentives" (you know, the invitation to be blackmailed) to succeed? I mean, really, did anybody expect Iran's response to be different? Western nations pursue diplomacy like a sacred ritual; it is performed to appease the gods of peace--"but we are pursuing diplomacy!", they say--not because they expect specific, concrete results to come out of it: Iran responds to nuclear package
Iran has delivered its formal response to the demand by world powers that it suspend uranium enrichment in exchange for a package of incentives.Iranian TV said the response was handed over in Tehran to diplomats from the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany.
The details were not immediately released, but Iran made clear on Monday that it would reject global pressure.
Supreme leader Ali Khamenei said Tehran would continue its nuclear activities.
The incentives on offer include help with civilian nuclear technology.
The package was devised amid fears that Iran is trying to develop a nuclear weapons programme - a claim that Iran denies.[...]
Posted by Ruy Diaz at August 22, 2006 10:14 AM
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