Western leaders on Thursday rejected proposals by Iranian nuclear negotiators to alleviate concerns about Iran’s nuclear program, while Iran rejected an incentive package from the six world powers.
Iran and the P5+1 – the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany – are in Baghdad for talks about Iran’s nuclear program. While an agreement has not yet been reached, negotiations reportedly “did not appear in danger of collapse.”
The Western offer calls on Tehran to halt the production of 20 percent enriched uranium, which is the highest grade produced by Iran and used for the country’s lone medical research reactor. In exchange, the world powers offered benefits, including delivery of the medical isotopes Iran is creating with the 20 percent enriched uranium, some spare parts for civilian airliners that are needed in Iran, among other things.
But Western leaders rejected Iranian request for an immediate easing of harsh economic sanctions in return for promises to give wider access to U.N. inspectors, among other concessions.
Iranian analyst Hassan Abedini called the Western proposal unfair. “Giving up 20 percent enrichment levels in return for plane spare parts is a joke,” said Abedini. “The package is unbalanced and therefore unacceptable.”
The sanctions that have been heaped on Iran are quite serious and far-reaching. They have already damaged the economy severely, facilitating increased unemployment and rampant inflation. The purpose behind them seems to be to harass and intimidate leaders in Tehran as opposed to being punishment for some unlawful act.
The fact is that the Obama administration, and the whole of the U.S. intelligence community, knows full well that Iran is not developing nuclear weapons and has not demonstrated any intention to do so.
Even the top brass of the Obama administration and military leadership, from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey have publicly declared that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons.
So despite the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program and despite Iran’s demonstrated cooperation with the international inspections regime, Western powers – led by the U.S. – refuse to ease the sanctions in return for even more access for U.N. inspectors.
..Because AIPAC dictates American foreign policy, there will never be a fair, and just offer from the US, or the West since most of the EU are patsy's for Amerika! One cannot help but notice that nations "free" of corrupt selfserving zionist influence such as the BRICS are able to negotiate, and be fair with Iran.
As someone who genuinely loves America, I fear my country must take a bruising in order for her to free herself once and for all of the pro-Israel traitors.
What exactly do you consider "a bruising"? Is the fact that the country is bankrupt and headed straight for Fascism not enough of "a bruising" or do you clueless masochists want more?
You ain't seen nothing yet.
So the charade of "fake"/"non"-"talks" continues… I'm personally shocked…
Perhaps if 'we' just came out in the open and explicitly 'offered' not to "wipe Iran off the map" as a "confidence building" measure, it will get things moving…
LOL! How very unexpected! Iran is playing a game in which it loses if it draws heads and the West wins if it draws tails. This is exactly the same MO as that of the Palestinian yearly peace talk charade.
Didn't I tell you? Iran will hold their own and will not be disrespected. The US just craps on the other guy and expects them to submit. They need to start treating other nations with respect.
Yes, but you're an iranian friendly paid poster here.
I would expect you to say that.
How did you know that? any evidence? On the same note, you are an Israeli-friendly paid poster, huh?
It's not true. I posted something and made a typo and he keeps reminding me that I made a typo.
He lost his temper and said this.
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"I'm like jesus, I'm gonna chase you money changers out of the temple and out of town and of course out of this forum. Me and ohsoquiet and a few other REAL AMERICANS who are being PAID to be here like you Israeli PR men. I'm here to chase you filth out."
The "Roger" comments rate a high "165" by an Antiwar editor but has thus far drawn a minus 14 by the readers. This proves the ratings editors provide are meaningless. Roger, you provide no evidence PATRIOTHERE is Iranian friendly because he states the obvious — the United States Government must start treating other nations with respect.
I can show he's a paid hack. The Iranian centric part is in his comment stream.
You shouldn't have to look far.
When there's a plane crash, that blood will be on our hands.
So, the Iranians offered even wider access to weapons' inspectors so they can prove for the hundreth time that the Iranians aren't making a bomb, and Obama / Hillary rejects that … while our Congress votes almost unanimously for crippling sanctions and likely war, while Romney carps from the sidelines that we are acting too weak towards Iran.
We can change that. A new President and a new Congress could be elected this fall. We just have to stop voting for the fools who are doing this. Try someone besides Dems and Repubs next time.
I would suggest instead that people NOT VOTE at all, thereby crushing the illusion of 'consent of the governed.' They're legitimacy would be questioned, for all to see.
The essential problem is that the American power-elite, and the EEC establishment for that matter, cannot respect other nations.
They can't respect Eastern European nations, the Slavs and the Orthodox church, so you can guess how they behave to everyone else.
As someone said to me over Jugoslavia, they are deciding who the real Europeans are.
other nations won't stand for it as their behaviour is identical to that of nazi Germany and adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
So there is a foreign policy problem.
The insulting "offers" to Iran cannot possibly work.
Empire USA — Will the world go down with it?
The little West is less then 10% of world population, Western Europe, USA, Canada and Australia. So, why is it that the members of this meeting that represent the other 90% of the international community, why is it that they are outnumbered four to three?
For surely, as the West hoards over half of everything we call wealth, as the West needs nuclear weapon superiority to keep all that plundered wealth, invasion of Iran by the West is destined to be, as the pure corruption of it will be so self-evident for all to see, that it will bring on World War Three.
I am not aware of what the Iranian leaders think about the unfair games the US and its European puppets have been playing, but if I were their leader I would forthwith kick out all IAEA inspectors, throw their cameras in the Persian Gulf, and would say to them all—including the USrael et al– f**k you , and go ahead and let us see what the f**k you can do now.
Indeed, and Russsia, Pakistan, plus China will back them up. The BRICS nations are fed up with US empire and its hegemonic terrorist agenda. Blowback is coming…
That is very probably just exactly what the usual suspects hope to 'achieve' through this protracted charade. Then they will have their supposed 'justification' to launch the war they so crave.
FICTION
“Iran to create weapons grade fuel with their history?”
FACT
Comes now a mainstream fanatic just chock full of mainstream media’s warped perspective of history. For never has Iran invaded another nation, harmed another nation and if Iraq had not been paid by the U.S. to invade Iran, never would there have been fought a war by Iran.
Let's stop pretending with this "western leaders" crap and call it like it is. The United States is blocking every possible deal under orders from Israel, which has adopted a "do as we say or death" foreign policy against the rest of the world. Iran is playing by the rules. Iran has signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Iran does not have nuclear weapons. Iran allows IAEA inspections. And Iran has not initiated a war of conquest in over 200 years. In contrast, Israel does have nuclear weapons (although it officially maintain a policy of ambiguity in order to evade US legal limits on taxpayer-funded financial support). Mordechai Vanunu photographed the secret bomb lab underneath Dimona and Israel TV openly discusses Israel nuclear weapons factory. Israel has never signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty despite repeated requests by both the United Sates and the United Nations. Israel was caught trying to sell a clandestine nuclear weapon to South Africa; the very activity the NNPT is supposed to prevent, and of course Israel is constantly starting wars. Let us be clear; Iran is the innocent party. It is Israel and their slave the United States Government who are the provocateurs leading the world into nuclear Armageddon.
That was very, very well stated Michael. You explained everything that is happening in one paragraph. I applaud you.
We can get an agreement that would end 20% enrichment and inspection enough to be sure of it, the old trust but verify.
But to get something serious like that, we must give something serious. I have ideas, but I do not want the subject to change into an attack on particular ideas. Something serious, whatever is least bad, is the only alternative to war.
If we cannot face making any serious offer, then that is a decision for war. In fact, that is the desired decision of many who are prominent in the process. I reject that.
No matter what Iran does, "The Usrael" wants blood, death, slavery, power, control, top hog, oops, I mean top dog status. The bowser hounds are just a laughingstock of the world with their two faced ways of doing things. They think that the rules of common decency do not apply to them. I have empathy for the Iranian people. Usrael is too "life in the fast lane," and not everyone wants to be pushed and pitchforked by these psycho neocon fruitcakes and zionist freaks !
just disgusting………….