Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Israel News : Jerusalem Post Internet Edition
Iran will suspend uranium enrichment and allow spot checks of its nuclear program, but set no date for the steps, an Iranian national security official told reporters Tuesday after talks with British, French and German envoys.
The secretary of Iran's powerful Supreme National Security Council, Hasan Rowhani, said Iran would sign an additional protocol to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty that would allow inspectors to enter any site they deem fit without notice.
"The protocol should not threaten our national security, national interests and national pride," he said...
I can't wait to see how this will be implemented. "Yes, spot checks, of course...you can check that spot, and that spot...but not that spot over there, or that one there..." Real, or should we expect to see inspectors politely roaming the countryside trying not to offend by being too agressive?
Iran intends to behave as Iraq did dealing with Blix; if they send someone else, Iran won't know what to do next.
Only too true. They've seen how this game is played. Too cynical believing that the only reason they're agreeing to this course is that they're so close (closer than Saddam) that it won't matter anyway? No, I don't think that's too cynical by a long-shot, and now they know they've got a bunch of Euro's standing between us and them keeping them safe.