Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Foreign Minister Mottaki – “Returning to the Suspension of our Nuclear Activities Is Not on Our Agenda,”

The head of the Iranian delegation, deputy head of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Hosseinitash talks on the phone before his departure, in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport February 21, 2006.

Reuters: Iran spurns Russian demand for enrichment freeze

Iran showed few signs on Tuesday that it was ready to strike a deal with Russia that could allay fears it wants nuclear arms and avert possible U.N. sanctions.

A senior U.S. official said Russia’s role was helpful but Iran was ignoring international advice on the nuclear issue.

“We think Iran is clearly continuing to miscalculate the will of the world community,” U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, Nicholas Burns, told reporters in Moscow.

After two days of talks in Moscow, Russian and Iranian negotiators said they planned more discussions this week on a Russian proposal to enrich uranium for Iran, seen as a way to ensure Tehran cannot divert nuclear fuel into bomb-making.

But the two sides appeared far apart, with Iran’s foreign minister ruling out any return to a moratorium on uranium enrichment, which Russia has repeatedly demanded.

What a surprise but there will be more bloviating and stall later in the week when Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Russia’s atomic energy agency Rosatom, is due to travel to Iran.

Are the Iranians “PLAYING FOR TIME?”

You betcha……

Only the United States and Israel will be able to stop the Iran Nuclear Program unless the Mullahs and Iran President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad stand down.

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