According to the Wall Street Journal, President Obama is considering a major concession in the ongoing P5+1 talks with Iran, admitting that Iran has the right to civilian enrichment of uranium in its own territory.
Which, of course, Iran has every right to under their IAEA safeguards agreement. Yet the US has regularly demanded Iran scrap the enrichment program, and that demand has been the centerpiece of US threats against Iran for years now.
Iran’s latest offer, the full details of which have not been made public, reportedly offers to pare back the scope of the enrichment program and grant additional inspections above and beyond the safeguards mandate, but they have insisted that the basic right to the program must remain.
The other five members of the P5+1 are already there by all indications, and the Iranian offer seems to be a major chance at a deal, assuming the US can be brought on board.
If they are, expect Israel to be even more outraged than they usually are about the Iranian peace talks, because Israeli officials have demanded that not only Iran be made to close the entire program, but also surrender its existing, low-enriched uranium to the international community.
It's not up to one country. There is a huge international consensus that, of course, Iran has the right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
If one country dissents from international opinion, it doesn't matter at all. The only way it would matter is if the country in question were a rogue military state that had the physical strength to defy the international community and illegally use force to coerce Iran to do what the rogue country wants, which is different from what the whole world agrees Iran can do.
That rogue country is the US, and it has been torturing Iran without a moment's cessation since 1953, when it took over for Britain.
"US considering letting Iran keep its civilian uranium enrichment". One need to ask if is USG or US, USG stands for United States of America government, which in reality is federal government, US stand for United States and there are 50 stats united or not. I am sure that many of the states disagree with federal government policies toward other nations, although USG have a second job as world police, but considering the wording "us considering letting Iran keep its civilian uranium enrichment" is over and above the policing, is playing THE GOD threatening the Iranians with, "what is so good about this mighty army if we cannot use it." Madeline Albright.
USG have no legitimate right in any kind wanting to let this or that legitimate governments to stay or leave, but forcing the USG will by force has been the USG politics over 60 years, that's not democracy, that's a language of a militarism regime.
Poor Israel…I wonder how quickly Netanyahoo packs his bags and runs to Congress to shame them into doing what he wants them to do.
we may also allow them to keep their iphones and cars.
I magnanimous it is for the Emperor to let the vassal state to keep its peaceful program. I wonder if Iran has to kiss his boots to seal the deal?
Israel should be told that if Iran has to give up all those things it can legally do under the NPT then Israel should have to give up all it can LEGALLY keep at this moment under the NPT, oh that's right Israel is not a signatory they aren't legally allowed to have anything! No reactors no Bombs NOTHING!