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...possible historic deal between Iran and the West over its nuclear program, after three decades of mistrust, being sacrificed at the altar of domestic politics...
Maybe not. Since then, however, the bluster coming from Tehran has faded - and a consensus imposed from above may be forming. Instead of a rejection, Iran seems to be formulating a counter-proposal, one that conservative newspaper Keyhan described as a "gradual and simultaneous" exchange of enriched uranium with the West. Uranium would be sent abroad in two stages, not all at once, and any nuclear material shipped outside of Iran must be simultaneously exchanged for the enriched nuclear fuel Iran needs for domestic use. The worry in Tehran is that, if the original IAEA proposal were agreed...
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...
...Iran's leaders may be getting their act together, slowly, on the nuclear debate. But they haven't done much work selling the issue to average Iranians, who still worry about daily matters. While overall inflation has decreased to single digit percentages, residents of East Tehran expressed to TIME their concern about rising bread prices and the possible removal of energy subsidies by the government in the coming year. As in the rest of the world, Iran's economy has slowed down from its oil-fueled overheated state just two years ago. The government, however, has yet to explain...
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