Iran in secret talks on nuclear swap in bid to end sanctions
Daily Telegraph / Praveen Swami
18-Dec-2010 (4 comments)

The Turkish-led deal calls on Iran to ship about 1,000 kilograms of its low-enriched uranium, as well as its entire 30 kilogram stockpile of 20-per cent enriched uranium, to a safe location.

In return, France and Russia will supply ready-made fuel rods for the medical isotope reactor for which Iran says it has been enriching uranium to 20 per cent – a level which halves the time needed to manufacture weapons-grade material.

"We think the deal is doable," an official involved in the negotiations said, "but there's still a lot of detail to be worked through." Turkish and Iranian negotiators, diplomatic sources say, have met several times to discuss the contours of the deal, which they hope to bring to the table next month at a meeting with an international consortium called the P5+1 – the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany.

France, Russia and the United States have also been involved in the negotiations, which began after a meeting between Ahmed Davutoglu, Turkey's foreign minister, and Iranian officials in Bahrain earlier this month.

Earlier this month, talks between the P5+1 and Iran ended in impasse, after it refused to discuss specific nuclear issues. A French diplomat told The Daily Telegraph the discussions consisted of "a lot of monologues".

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Examiner

Wishful thinking

by Examiner on Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:22 PM PST


Since when The Telegraph has become a reliable source? What is the likelihood of the U.S. government agreeing to end the sanctions against Iran before “the mission is accomplished”? (They ended the sanctions against Iraq, just last week)

What is the likelihood of the U.S. agreeing to a simultaneous exchange?

If such an unlikely result materializes, what side do you think has blinked?


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yolanda

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by yolanda on Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:45 PM PST

The sanctions must be unbearable......IRI blinked 1st!


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afshinazad

32 YEAR DEALS IN SECERT

by afshinazad on Sat Dec 18, 2010 07:06 PM PST

American and British and other western countries are doing business with these cleric from pre and post 1979.  


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Roozbeh_Gilani

Not at all surprised to hear this

by Roozbeh_Gilani on Sat Dec 18, 2010 05:54 PM PST

The islamist regime leadership, despite all the tough talk, care for nothing more than their own survival. They understand one language only, the language of Force which is the language they are being spoken to by US right now.

So expect major retreat from the Islamoist regime on nuclear issue  and some face saving "public announcement" by some UN body in not so distant future.

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."


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