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...whole point - the proposed deal was negotiated weeks ago with Iranian representatives in Vienna, and Iran's government was asked to endorse it within a couple of days. But the plan faced a firestorm of criticism from across the political spectrum in Tehran, prompting the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to backtrack. The aspect of the plan that most appeals to the West - removing from Iran most of a uranium stockpile that could hypothetically be turned into a weapon, and returning it in the form of harmless fuel rods - is the one that has caused Tehran to balk. Many Iranian...
...commitments" in the nuclear talks and that "Iran is right to distrust them." Another member argued that the "media commotion" in the West was wrong in reporting that "Iran has submitted to the idea of ending uranium enrichment." A commentary in the conservative online news site Qods challenged President Ahmadinejad's interpretation of events: "To what extent has each of the two sides, especially Iran, benefited from that 'win-win' game? Has this 'win' been at the level of 50%, or has Iran's share of that win been 10% and the other side's win has been...
...Ahmadinejad was also condemned by the leaders of Iran's opposition Green movement and their allies in the Militant Clergy Society, an important coalition of reformist Iranian politicians, who released a statement on November 4 that read, "we warn against current ploys to empty the [nuclear fuel] reserves obtained and ask relevant authorities to be insistent in defending this evident right." (See pictures from behind the scenes with opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi...
...guarantee for receiving the fuel for the Tehran reactor needs to be given." Given that the newspaper is a staunch supporter of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, this counter-offer would seem to have the backing of the upper echelon of the Islamic Republic. (See pictures of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visiting New York...
Sure enough, the President of Iran re-emerged as optimistic as ever. "We have now entered a stage of cooperation," Ahmadinejad said in a televised interview, and observed that "there is no more talk of suspension" of Iran's nuclear program in the negotiations. According to Keyhan, the ball is now in the U.S.'s court. They quote an "informed source" as saying, "Clearly, the West needs to make an agreement with Iran and we have provided them with the means to save face." The source continued, "From this point onwards, everything depends on how far the West can correctly...