The Baghdad summit between the P5+1 and Iran has come to an end, with both sides agreeing to launch another round of talks next month in Moscow. No agreements beyond this were apparently reached today, with Iran reiterating its rights under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
In particular, Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalili was emphasizing that members of the NPT have a right to uranium enrichment for civilian purposes and wanted the agreement to include a P5+1 concession to that effect. US officials said that “obviously was not something we were prepared to do.”
Interestingly, the reports leading up to the Baghdad meeting suggested that the West was willing to back off this demand, and even Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak issued a statement saying Israel was fine with Iran enriching uranium to 3.5 percent, though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later disavowed this position, saying Iran had to not only stop civilian enrichment but give away all its existing civilian stockpile.
The vast majority of Iran’s enrichment is at 3.5 percent, the level needed to run the Bushehr power plant. A smaller portion is enriched to 20 percent, with efforts to produce fuel rods for the aging Tehran Research Reactor, a US-built facility from the 1960’s that makes medical isotopes.
Please speak for yourself since no one on record has chosen you to be the spokesman of the world. Keep talking within your own limit, puleeeze!
Yes we can.
You're missing the bigger story here, Jason. The head of the US delegation runs right off to brief the boss. She's flying directly back to Washington to see Obama after this crucial meeting… no, wait, what? She isn't? She's flying straight to Tel Aviv to brief Netanyahu?
Okay, to quote Bill Clinton, who's the superpower here?
Any potential deal is dead as soon as Netanyahu puts the proper spin and the Congressional attack dogs on it, and by having the head of the delegation go meet him, he's got a head start on that over any weak response the Administration might muster.
It really is amazing how they do not even make it look like the USA anything but a puppet for Israel. Sharon was correct when he stated Israel owns the USA. I am not sure that we can ever break that control but I am sure it will like harm the USA which is why they elected to be dual citizens. They will just move to another country when the USA gets into trouble.
It can and will be broken. But if it is not broken soon, it will not be broken peacefully, and then God help us.
So the "all options are on the table" dog & pony show can continue. Don't want your populace to go into détente before the election games, do you?
If this goes on, the Prez will get his second Nobel Peace Prize.
The world is perfectly happy with civilian use of uranium, though Iran need to be mindful of earthquakes.
The world is sick to death of wretched American politicians, travelling round the world threatening, bullying, whining and lying.
"The world is sick to death of wretched American politicians, travelling round the world threatening, bullying, whining and lying."
Salparadise, they learned from the best in the business. Their masters in Tel Aviv, London and other western capitals subcontracted to the zionists almost for free.
It is shameful to be /an American, not a gram of reason to be proud.
"US officials said that 'obviously was not something we were prepared to do.'"
It should be pointed out that that's a violation of the NPT.
Salparadise: The world is sick to death of wretched American politicians, travelling round the world threatening, bullying, whining and lying.'
They do not have to travel. They do that as their basic nature. We really need to fire every elected person. It is amazing how one group learned to great problem with a republic. Someone can buy a handful of prostitutes and rule the country.
If anyone has any doubt that the Obama administration wants a war with Iran, then notice how they keep moving the goal of the negotiations to make sure there is no peaceful resolution. When everyone in the world is figuring out that the Iranians do not have a nuclear weapons program, the Obama administration changes the goal so that now Iran has to completely give up civilian nuclear power. And, if the Iranians do that, its sure that this won't be enough for the Obama war-loving government and they'll make even further demands to ensure they get the war they obviously want.
Americans get a historic chance to say no to this. Don't vote Democrat, and don't vote Republican this November
the US …..for the zionist…… is going to put the whole world into a depression..by taking out the oil needed in many countries….in attacking Iran who will take out the saudis and kuwait bahrain oman…
shazam no oil….
could be the end of the US hegemony… probably should be
Obviously a typo.
It shouldn't read US: World won't accept… but US world won't accept…
To avoid another middle-east war Americans should be forming "Support Iran's Peaceful Nuclear Program" groups to march, lobby, and get their faces on TV. Do the Zionists in the US Congress believe that they speak for real Americans? If their current approach continues in support of Israel, you can be sure that the USA will again have to pour billions of dollars into defending something on Israel's want list in place of the urgent needs in this country. No dual citizenship persons should be allowed to run for elected postions in the USA. Over and out.
The US shamelessly speaks for the rest of the world. In my country. at least, we see no harm in Iran developing nuclear technology. Even some neighbours of ours like Bolivia and Ecuador have developed deeper links with the Persians, examples we all should imitate in South America.
So the u.s. isn't prepared to honor the NPT? Someone nuke us please, we deserve it.
Sounds like racism to me. Illogical, anti-Iranian racism.
Kind of hilarious just after a 10 hour fire on a U.S. nuclear powered submarine that was in port. Off to the junkyard!
This was to be expected. Just as the world is getting together to iron out an agreement — here come the irrational, entirely new position, just like that. It happened before. Remember when US wanted Iran to enrich uranium in third country, and be shipped into Iranian reseach facility? Remember when Brazil and Turkey jumped in with a proposal that Iran agreed to? Since the enrichment for nuclear power plant was enriched in Russia, and transported into Iran via IAEA supervision — how can this become an issue all of a sudden? It is telling all countries in the world that they can spin their wheels trying to achieve what we say is our goal, just to laugh in their faces — and tell them we did not mean it! To us, the world is a joke. Clowns for our own private amusement. We clearly do not care to sound logical any more! Starting to sound like Bill Clinton who in the glory days of post Cold War euforia said to his colleague while visitng Russia: "I really enjoy watching them smile while I shove s**it in their faces!"
Honestly, Jason, don't be a Ditz. The world is not Israel. Most of the world does not care if Iran enriches uranium. With the exception of the US, which does pretty much whatever Israel commands regarding Iran, and the UK, which cooperates with the US to get cheaper weapons, etc, there are few countries with a real dog in this race. You'd be hard pressed finding many other countries willing to spend hefty resources on an attack.
The US helped begin Iran's nuclear technology enterprise in the 1950s. How is it that when Iran is ruled by US puppets, it's okay for them to run reactors and posess uranium, but when not under US control, it isn't?
Does anyone grasp the irony that one of the only nuclear powers NOT to sign the nonproliferation treaty is demanding the destruction of the nuclear ambitions of one of the FIRST countries to sign it? A country that also has not attacked any other country for at least 100 years?
What is the unstated agenda for hassling Iran for so many years? Surely nuclear power isn't it.
And further, most analysts agree that attacking Iran now would virtually ensure their ambition to acquire nuclear weapons for real, whatever the cost, for the forseeable future, even if they are not doing so now. Perhaps that's the real goal. To ensure that a frightening nuclear-armed enemy always exists!