Iran Nuclear Watch

Iran Nuclear Watch: United States Sweetens the POT

(From L to R) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel, Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi and former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani attend a ceremony to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the death of Iran’s Islamic revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, at the mausoleum of late Imam Khomeini in Tehran. Khamenei declared in a speech marking the anniversary that the Islamic republic must not give up its “scientific goals” in the face of “threats and bribes.

AFP: US sweetens offer to Iran: diplomats

The United States has offered to lift some of its trade sanctions against Iran as part of a package of benefits the EU will deliver to get Tehran to guarantee it will not make nuclear weapons, diplomats told AFP.

The United States is proposing “lifting sanctions partially, not only waiving sanctions but actually lifting them,” in an agreement to be worked out in multilateral talks that would start once Iran suspended uranium enrichment, said a senior Western diplomat, who requested anonymity.

Washington, which considers Iran a sponsor of terrorism and now fears it is covertly developing nuclear weapons, has since the mid-1990’s banned most US trade and investment with the Islamic Republic.

Lifting sanctions would allow sales to Iran of things like agricultural technology and commercial planes to replace the country’s dilapidated fleet.

US officials have said they want to keep the details of the proposal secret in order to avoid the appearance of threatening Iran.

And why was this SWEETENER leaked?

Diplomatic cover for a deal the Unites States KNOWS Iran will NOT ACCEPT.

On the benefits side, which encompasses trade, security and technology benefits, the United States “is not only interested in allowing Europe to sell Airbus airplanes to Tehran but also supplying (US-made) Boeings,” the diplomat said.

And trade in agricultural fields, “where the United States is particularly competitive … is important for Iran since Iran is still a rural country in lots of ways,” the diplomat added.

And Condi outmaneuvers Europe as well…..

Stay tuned…….

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The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.



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