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"Charles Farley" |
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08 Mar 2006 08:32:42 PM |
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Iran Admits Nuke Program, Laughs at Europe, UN |
The London Telegraph
March 5, 2006
How we duped the West, by Iran's nuclear negotiator
By Philip Sherwell in Washington
The man who for two years led Iran's nuclear negotiations has laid out
in unprecedented detail how the regime took advantage of talks with
Britain, France, and Germany to forge ahead with its secret atomic
programme.
In a speech to a closed meeting of leading Islamic clerics and
academics, Hassan Rowhani, who headed talks with the so-called EU3
until last year, revealed how Teheran played for time and tried to dupe
the West after its secret nuclear programme was uncovered by the
Iranian opposition in 2002.
He boasted that while talks were taking place in Teheran, Iran was able
to complete the installation of equipment for conversion of yellowcake
-- a key stage in the nuclear fuel process -- at its Isfahan plant but
at the same time convince European diplomats that nothing was afoot.
"From the outset, the Americans kept telling the Europeans, 'The
Iranians are lying and deceiving you and they have not told you
everything.' The Europeans used to respond, 'We trust them'," he said.
Revelation of Mr Rowhani's remarks comes at an awkward moment for the
Iranian government, ahead of a meeting tomorrow of the United Nations'
atomic watchdog, which must make a fresh assessment of Iran's banned
nuclear operations.
The judgment of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is the
final step before Iran's case is passed to the UN Security Council,
where sanctions may be considered.
In his address to the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution, Mr
Rowhani appears to have been seeking to rebut criticism from hardliners
that he gave too much ground in talks with the European troika. The
contents of the speech were published in a regime journal that
circulates among the ruling elite.
He told his audience: "When we were negotiating with the Europeans in
Teheran we were still installing some of the equipment at the Isfahan
site. There was plenty of work to be done to complete the site and
finish the work there. In reality, by creating a tame situation, we
could finish Isfahan."
Iran's negotiating team engaged in a last-ditch attempt last week to
head off Security Council involvement. In January the regime removed
IAEA seals on sensitive nuclear equipment and last month it resumed
banned uranium enrichment.
Iran is trying to win support from Russia, which opposes any UN
sanctions, having unsuccessfully tried to persuade European leaders to
give them more time. Against this backdrop, Mr Rowhani's surprisingly
candid comments on Iran's record of obfuscation and delay are
illuminating.
He described the regime's quandary in September 2003 when the IAEA had
demanded a "complete picture" of its nuclear activities. "The dilemma
was if we offered a complete picture, the picture itself could lead us
to the UN Security Council," he said. "And not providing a complete
picture would also be a violation of the resolution and we could have
been referred to the Security Council for not implementing the
resolution."
Mr Rowhani disclosed that on at least two occasions the IAEA obtained
information on secret nuclear-related experiments from academic papers
published by scientists involved in the work.
The Iranians' biggest setback came when Libya secretly negotiated with
America and Britain to close down its nuclear operations. Mr Rowhani
said that Iran had bought much of its nuclear-related equipment from
"the same dealer" -- a reference to the network of A Q Khan, the rogue
Pakistani atomic scientist. From information supplied by Libya, it
became clear that Iran had bought P2 advanced centrifuges.
http://telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/05/wiran05.xml
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12 Mar 2006 12:20:40 AM |
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Y'know, I realise there is no "Iran". Just as with the 1980
hostage, there are bands of thugs and the minute one group is willing
to compromise, another one pushes them aside.
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Vasos-Peter John Panagiotopoulos II, Columbia'81+, Bio$trategist
BachMozart ReaganQuayle EvrytanoKastorian
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/vjp2/vasos.htm
---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---
[Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Remorse begets zeal] [Windows is for Bimbos]
[Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards]
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| User: "ARIEL BOLUDOVSKY" |
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| Title: Re: Iran Admits Nuke Program, Laughs at Europe, UN |
09 Mar 2006 08:23:35 AM |
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"Charles Farley" <CircularErrorZero@yahoo.com> dixit:
"From the outset, the Americans kept telling the Europeans, 'The
Iranians are lying and deceiving you and they have not told you
everything.' The Europeans used to respond, 'We trust them'," he said.
European idiots. LOL.
ARI
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http://www.kadimasharon.co.il/
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| User: "Jim E" |
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| Title: Re: Iran Admits Nuke Program, Laughs at Europe, UN |
09 Mar 2006 09:20:17 AM |
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"ARIEL BOLUDOVSKY" <boludovsky@hotmail.co.il> wrote in message
news:Xns97819C967DF3belgacom@149.204.49.80...
"Charles Farley" <CircularErrorZero@yahoo.com> dixit:
"From the outset, the Americans kept telling the Europeans, 'The
Iranians are lying and deceiving you and they have not told you
everything.' The Europeans used to respond, 'We trust them'," he said.
European idiots. LOL.
More like liberal europeon idiots. Always wishing for a better world, and
believing their wishes were true.
Morons.
Jim E
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| User: "Bob" |
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| Title: Re: Iran Admits Nuke Program, Laughs at Europe, UN |
09 Mar 2006 08:27:06 AM |
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"ARIEL BOLUDOVSKY" <boludovsky@hotmail.co.il> wrote in message
news:Xns97819C967DF3belgacom@149.204.49.80...
"Charles Farley" <CircularErrorZero@yahoo.com> dixit:
"From the outset, the Americans kept telling the Europeans, 'The
Iranians are lying and deceiving you and they have not told you
everything.' The Europeans used to respond, 'We trust them'," he said.
European idiots. LOL.
They are not idiots. However, they have
apparently still not learned the lessons
they should have learned from appeasing
evil. Perhaps it was too long ago to be
remembered by their governments.
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