Iran's Ahmadinejad calls for nuclear cooperation

[TomCADem]

Source: LA Times

Reporting from Beirut - Iran's president today called for international cooperation on nuclear technology in a prime-time television appearance filled with conciliatory language toward the world community, in stark contrast to the dismissive tone of other senior Iranian officials toward a United Nations-backed proposal.

Although President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did not directly mention a U.S.-endorsed International Atomic Energy Agency plan in which Iran would trade the bulk of its enriched uranium in exchange for fuel to operate a Tehran medical reactor, he said Iran was confident and powerful enough to begin working with other countries and the U.N.'s international watchdog to expand the country's nuclear program.

"Today, Iran's nuclear conditions are stabilized and we've entered the phase of nuclear interaction and cooperation, and today an important issue is international nuclear cooperation in construction of nuclear power plants, reactors and even Iran's contribution to a world fuel bank," he said. "We have the necessary technology and material . . . but there is always quid pro quo, cooperation and investment."

The Obama administration, its European allies and international arms-control authorities await a definitive response from Iran on whether it would send about 70% of its enriched uranium supply to Russia and France to be further refined and turned into rods for the medical reactor. The deal would temporarily allay international concerns that Iran could make a sprint toward developing a nuclear weapon, and possibly would set the stage for a broader compromise.


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-ira...

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I thought the deal was dead after Iran backed out of the tentative deal they agreed to. Now, its just a matter of time before Netanyahu starts a war with neocons celebrating the failure of diplomacy.

[Gedankenaustausch]

1. this is horrible

we need to go back to the stonewalling and ignoring of countries we 'don't like' and force them to take extreme positions that will get us involved in more wars which will appeal to the military industrrrrr............ oh wait... that's what we did a few years ago... n/m

[Indenturedebtor]

2. Ahmadinnerjacket is an asshole

Shrub's policy towards Iran was moronic, but that doesn't change the fact that Iran likes to give weapons to terror groups and to murder peaceful protesters. Clearly, if they weren't intending to only use the fuel for power generation, etc, they wouldn't have a problem letting inspectors in or letting other countries foot the bill for processing their fuel for them.

So are you for this unstable theocratic terror supporting regime getting nukes? Or just for anyone who hates Israel and America?

Man that sure does sound freeperish, but the Ahmadinnerjacket apologists around here really shock me sometimes.

[Gedankenaustausch]

3. interesting

no i don't support him since he isn't the democratically elected leader of the country. However, I believe that because of the willingness of the Obama admin to talk with Iran, the world is better off.

[Indenturedebtor]

5. I would agree with that 100% n/t

[Prometheus Bound]

4. Why do you say Iran has a problem letting inspectors in?

Do you read the news?

No worries at Iran uranium site: IAEA chief
(AFP) – 5 days ago
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jZl3...

November 6, 2009
Mohamed ElBaradei insists there is ‘nothing to fear’ at Iran atom plant
UN weapons inspector
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east...

Iran nuclear inspections "positive step"-UN's Ban
Wed Oct 28, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN283071...

IAEA inspectors complete inspection on new uranium enrichment facility in Iran
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/29/content_12...

[Indenturedebtor]

6. Because I don't spend every day on news sites

I don't catch everything heh. That's a good start! Now if we can just get them in a binding agreement to continue to allow inspectors in, get them to stop murdering their own people, and stop attacking Israel - Iran would probably be ok.

Ahmadinnerjacket would still be an asshole though.

[Prometheus Bound]

7. You've got it backwards. It's Israel that's threatening to attack Iran.

And Iran has signed the NPT and followed it strictly, whereas Israel has never signed the NPT.

And as far as murdering its own people, Iran's record doesn't come even close Israel's murder of Palestinians.

[Indenturedebtor]

8. Heh I suppose you're going to trot out the tired "mistranslation" argument

That is demonstrably false. Dinnerjacket has said that he wants Israel to be destroyed in about 10 different ways, and in front of the UN. Then he makes a big show of not cooperating with Nuclear inspectors... if Iran made the same noises about any other country with a decent military they would have BEEN attacked already.

And lets not descend into the IP discussion - there's a dungeon for that where you can twist facts and quote Hizbullah websites to your hearts content.

[Prometheus Bound]

9. Absolute rubbish. He has never said he wants Israel destroyed.

That has been proved a lie here over and over, but the warmongers keep trotting it out.

Let's hear the 10 different ways. Just for fun.

Are you saying Israel doesn't have a decent military? Huh????

[Indenturedebtor]

10. Bwahahah here's one from the Islamic Republic of IRAN News Page

http://web.archive.org/web/20070927213903/http://www.ir...

About 4 times in this speech: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205101,ahmadine...

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Here's one where he says "Israel is about to die" at a death to Israel / antisemitism rally.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4384264.stm

Egypt said they showed "the weakness of the Iranian government". A Palestinian official also rejected the remarks.

Defiant rally

Tens of thousands of Iranians took part in the rally in Tehran which Iran organises every year on the last Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan to show solidarity with the Palestinian struggle.

Shouting "Death to Israel, death to the Zionists", the protesters dragged Israeli flags along the ground and then set them on fire.

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http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,484958...

"Cut the nation of Israel at it's stem"

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UN speech complete with anti-semitism and threats that Israel will soon "be no more"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/ir...

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Do I really need to go on? Give me a break.

And I didn't say that Israel doesn't have a decent military heh. I said that most countries would have already attacked in the face of such threats. I'm sure as hell that ours would have.