How we duped the West, by Iran's nuclear negotiator

[kpete]

How we duped the West, by Iran's nuclear negotiator
By Philip Sherwell in Washington
(Filed: 05/03/2006)

In a speech to a closed meeting of leading Islamic clerics and academics, Hassan Rowhani, who headed talks with the so-called EU3 until last year, revealed how Teheran played for time and tried to dupe the West after its secret nuclear programme was uncovered by the Iranian opposition in 2002.


Iran has completed uranium enrichment equipment at Isfahan
He boasted that while talks were taking place in Teheran, Iran was able to complete the installation of equipment for conversion of yellowcake - a key stage in the nuclear fuel process - at its Isfahan plant but at the same time convince European diplomats that nothing was afoot.

"From the outset, the Americans kept telling the Europeans, 'The Iranians are lying and deceiving you and they have not told you everything.' The Europeans used to respond, 'We trust them'," he said.

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He told his audience: "When we were negotiating with the Europeans in Teheran we were still installing some of the equipment at the Isfahan site. There was plenty of work to be done to complete the site and finish the work there. In reality, by creating a tame situation, we could finish Isfahan."

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In a separate development, the opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has obtained a copy of a confidential parliamentary report making clear that Iranian MPs were also kept in the dark on the nuclear programme, which was funded secretly, outside the normal budgetary process.

Mohammad Mohaddessin, the NCRI's foreign affairs chief, told the Sunday Telegraph: "Rowhani's remarks show that the mullahs wanted to deceive the international community from the onset of negotiations with EU3 - and that the mullahs were fully aware that if they were transparent, the regime's nuclear file would be referred to the UN immediately."

http://telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/05/wiran05.xml

[Richard Steele]

1. So this big scoop came from their WASHINGTON correspondent?

And it just happens to be conveniently EXACTLY what
B*shCabal™ wants people to believe?

He didn't mention any aluminum tubes, did he?

[lyonn]

2. Aluminum tubes! If they get those we are in trouble!!

Just kiddin. This story sounds awfully familar. Think we heard it in 2002.

[tatertop]

3. A wonderful yellow cake was served with coffee to all attendees

The push for war is on