Iran’s Nuclear Pursuits
June 16th, 2008 by Sarah
This past weekend the E.U. presented Iran with a package of economic, political, and security incentives to give up its program to enrich uranium. To read the full proposal, click here. Najmeh Bozorgmehr of the Financial Times reports that Iran has responded positively to the package.
Meanwhile, today President Bush and British P.M. Gordon Brown issued a sharp warning to Iran to either accept their “offers of partnership” or face tough sanctions and international isolation.
M.J. Rosenberg at Talking Points Memo recommends that the U.S. use diplomacy to regarding Iran’s pursuit of nuclear capabilities. “The tough talk from both Washington and Jerusalem–tough talk that could well be a prelude to tough action.”
In related news, Gareth Jenkins at Global Terrorism Analysis reports that a Turkish General has admitted that Turkey and Iran have been sharing intelligence and coordinating military operations against the PKK and its Iranian affiliate, PJAK. American Footprints’s Brian Ulrich wonders what it means for a key U.S. ally to be working so closely with Iran.
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June 16th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
The European “incentives” offered to Iran are the same as in the 2005 Paris Agreement and constitute a violation of Iran’s sovereignty, and would make Iran forever reliant on the good will of foreigners to import nuclear fuel, in addition to committing the EU-3 to nothing tangible or binding.