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Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran and Russia Have Reached a “BASIC” Agreement on Uranium Enrichment

Iranian Vice President Gholamreza Aghazadeh, who is head of Iran ‘s Atomic Energy Organization, attends a joint news conference with the head of Russia’s atomic energy agency, Sergei Kiriyenko, at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006. Iran’s nuclear chief said Sunday that Tehran had agreed in principle on Moscow’s offer to host Iran’s uranium enrichment program, Russian news reports said. Gholamreza Aghazadeh, who heads the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said he and Russian nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko ‘agreed in principle on the Russian offer, but details still need to be worked out,’ the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

Reuters: Iran says it has basic atomic agreement with Russia

Iran has reached a “basic” agreement with Russia on a joint venture to enrich uranium and will contine talks in coming days, Iran’s nuclear chief Gholamreza Aghazadeh said on Sunday.

It was unclear what this basic agreement involved. The original Russian proposal had been for Iran’s uranium to be enriched in Russia, allaying Western fears that the atomic fuel could be diverted into a weapons program.

However, Iran has always insisted upon its right to enrich its own uranium on its own soil and it is unclear how the original Russian proposal could be tailored to please Tehran.

“Regarding this joint venture, we have reached a basic agreement. Talks to complete this package will continue in coming days in Russia,” Aghazadeh told reporters in the southern Iranian port of Bushehr.

He said there were still obstacles to a full agreement.

YAWN……….

The devil will be in the details and Flap handicaps more than a 50% chance Iran walks away from the talks.

It appears that Iran is in a short-term stalling game now. Why?

Are they close to announcing they already posses one or two nuclear bombs? Or are they 98% there?

Stay tuned……

An unidentified Russian technician rides his bicycle in front of the main reactor of the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran , Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006. Iran and Russia have agreed in principle to establish a joint uranium enrichment venture, a breakthrough in a proposal that it is hoped will appease global concerns that Iran wants to build nuclear weapons. But it is still not known whether Iran will entirely give up enrichment on its own soil, a top demand of the West.

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


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