Iran Nuclear Watch

Iran Nuclear Watch: President Ahmadinejad – Big 6 Proposal a “Step Forward”

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is seen against the backdrop of an Iranian flag during a press conference held in Shanghai, China Friday June 16, 2006. Ahmadinejad said Friday that the six-nation incentive package aimed at getting his country to halt uranium enrichment was a step forward in resolving the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program.

Associated Press: Iran: Incentive package a ‘step forward’

Iran’s president said Friday that the six-nation incentive package aimed at getting his country to halt uranium enrichment was a “step forward” in resolving the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also repeated assertions that the Nazi Holocaust was unproven, saying it should be independently investigated. The hardline president has previously dismissed the Holocaust as a “myth” and said Israel should be “wiped off the map,” provoking an international outcry and reinforcing Israel’s views that Iran is a serious threat to the Jewish state.

“An event that has influenced so many diplomatic and political equations of the world needs to investigated and researched by impartial and independent groups,” Ahmadinejad told reporters in Shanghai where he was attending a regional summit.

Ahmadinejad’s comments on the nuclear dispute were the highest-level sign that Iran was preparing to negotiate over the package of incentives offered by the Big Five of the
U.N. Security Council, plus Germany.

“Generally speaking, we’re regarding this offer as a step forward and I have instructed my colleagues to carefully consider it,” Ahmadinejad told reporters after meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao.

Iran ’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Islamic Republic will not bend to international pressure over its controversial nuclear program. World powers were united at the UN atomic agency in urging Iran to suspend uranium enrichment to show it does not seek atomic weapons, with the United States warning of Security Council action if Tehran fails to comply, diplomats said.

And yesterday?

Ahmadinejad’s statements are posturing and western media cycle play. The real power in Iran is concentrated in the Mullahs and they have said NO.

Look forward to back and forth doublespeak until the G-8 in mid-July.

Does anyone in the West REALLY expect Iran to say YES?

Doubtful……..

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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