With nuclear talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan set to resume thing week, US officials say that all the blame for any failure of the talks will lie with the Iranian government, saying it is simply up to Iran to accept the proposal made at the last Almaty summit, in late February.
Iran came out of the first Almaty summit optimistic, but that evaporated after an interim meeting in Istanbul last week to discuss details, which ended with the impression that the US-backed proposal demanded more than it initially seemed of Iran, while offering less than initially advertised in the form of sanctions relief.
The P5+1 are trying to talk Iran into ending all 20 percent enrichment, and to end all ongoing activities at their civilian enrichment facility in Fordow. The concessions for all of this are, by the most recent indications, that Iran would be allowed small amounts of “grey market” bartering in gold, while the vast majority of sanctions would remain in place, even though a large chunk of Iran’s civilian nuclear program would be abandoned.
Iran is reluctant to make a deal where they give up more than they get, because it would leave them with little to offer in future talks in return for ending the more crippling aspects of the US sanctions and set the stage for an Iraq-style long-term sanctions regime.
US officials today are trying to downplay reports that this week’s Almaty talks are, win or lose, the “last chance,” though other officials have given the impression in recent comments that time is “almost up,” and reports have suggested that Almaty II will set the stage for a US and/or Israeli attack on Iran in early summer.
This is not the question of Iran.., is what USA +1 (europe) wants and is the matter of Iran but rather world.., look: Hillary Clinton have said.., "USA needs to be the leader of the world economy".., saying that means nothing is approved nor accepted by USA.., therefore, since Obama being elected the us aggression toward world nation is doubled.., USA is very active by using its last resorts as Saudis barbarians and other form of state sponserd terrorisem as Turkey, Jordan, Qatar, England, Germany, France and even the Swedish government to get what the Obama = Hillary Clinton regime is demanding of the world to provide…, rest is the lies upon lies and again lies by the system…, we said it from day one.., people Third World War is looming but don't blame socialism for it… war is the habit of vulture capitalism.., creating enemies is the other part of corrupted vulture capitalism culture.
You missed one in the list of state-sponsored terrorists. The inventors of "terrorism"; the pseudo-state built on lies, deception, and murder; the place with the highest rate of psychopathy among both it's citizens and its ponerized government. Those who will always blame the victims of their mis-deeds; those who naturally speak from both sides of their mouths; those who revise history to suit their needs and to add legitimacy to their illegitimate existence. Those who place themselves above humanity, and consider themselves special and chosen by their own mythological "god". The ones who claim a history that never existed – that has been debunked a thousand times over.
Yes, I think we know who this is.
Hi & Thanks – Could some of the referenced "reports" be cited/linked, please?
“US officials today are trying to downplay reports that this week’s Almaty talks are, win or lose, the “last chance,” though other officials have given the impression in recent comments that time is “almost up,” and reports have suggested that Almaty II will set the stage for a US and/or Israeli attack on Iran in early summer.”
Here we go again!!! US uses Irag tactic, do you people remember? "Its up to Sadam Hussain prove to the World , that it does not have any WMD"!!! Do you remember?
Now, how can Iran prove negative???
Proven tactic to lead World to WW3….peter czech
US – go ahead talk, i'm no ears
US shut up liar. Even your pawns, "green", says you are responsible for Iranian deaths and economic hardship due to illegal sanctions. A clear message from Iranian people to politicians in Washington who are using Hafez in Nuoruz message to insult Iranian people, is SHUT UP LIAR. In Hafez’s poetry and ethos, duplicity, hypocrisy, and pretense are considered major sins.
With few exceptions, the opposition in and outside Iran explicitly opposes both unilateral and UN Security Council sanctions against the country. The anti-imperial legacy of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq, who was ousted during a CIA-led coup in 1953, still permeates the present Zeitgeist and ethos in Iran. http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=no…
That's what USrael sounds like until you slap it with crippling sanctions.