Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran – “Enrichment Matter NOT Reversible”

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) greets China’s deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo (L) and British Foreign Minister Jack Straw after a news conference following talks with foreign ministers from the United Nations Security Council permanent members plus Germany in Berlin March 30, 2006. Germany and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council urged Iran on Thursday to halt uranium enrichment and return to the negotiating table to resolve a showdown over its nuclear programme.

ASSociated Press: Iran Defiantly Rejects New U.N. Demands

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran on Thursday the “international community is united” in the dispute over its nuclear program, but a Tehran envoy defiantly rejected a U.N. call to reimpose a freeze on uranium enrichment.

Rice spoke after a meeting in Berlin among diplomats from the five veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany over ways to press Iran to stop enriching uranium, which can be used for weapons. Iran says its program is peaceful.

The meeting follows agreement Wednesday by the 15-member Security Council to ask the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, to report back in 30 days on Iran’s compliance with demands to stop enriching uranium.

But, Iran will not comply……

The Quotes:

In Vienna, Iran’s chief representative to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, told The Associated Press that “it is impossible to go back to suspension.”

“This enrichment matter is not reversible,” Soltanieh said.

So, what a surprise!

NOT…..

The nuclear ball continues in President George Bush’s court.

Stay tuned…….