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Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, meets with his Western counterpart, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, on Wednesday in Turkey, amid growing signs that the diplomatic process may be inching towards some sort of breakthrough...
...thing, a senior former Iranian diplomat was reported Tuesday as revealing that Larijani had been given "authority for compromise" by Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. As Iran's leaders reportedly grow increasingly concerned about a confrontation with the U.S. and subjecting their troubled economy to the added pressure of sanctions, the search for a formula that would allow both sides to stand down has become more urgent...
...Ahmadinejad renewed his warning that Iran would reconsider its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, if the West continued its pressure against his country's nuclear program. The warning was echoed by Ali Larijani, Iran's top nuclear negotiator and head of the Supreme National Security Council, who is regarded by diplomats in Western capitals as a moderate. The two spoke at the country's main nuclear complex Natanz, in central Iran, and Larijani said Iran had begun injecting gas into centrifuges. Perhaps deliberately vague, neither official specified whether Tehran was running...
...radical elements in Tehran's corridors of power. In snatching the Brits, the Iranian regime's hard-line Revolutionary Guard appeared to be responding to growing international pressure over Iran's nuclear program and the U.S.'s detention of Iranian officials in Iraq. But more pragmatic voices, like Ali Larijani, above right, head of Iran's National Security Council, pushed to resolve the crisis before it escalated and further isolated Iran...
...doesn't spell the end of the broader disputes between Iran and the West. Some analysts say Iran's move shows that U.S.-backed sanctions against Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment are moderating the regime's behavior. The end of the crisis was a boost to Larijani, who is also the country's lead nuclear negotiator. But hard-liners like Ahmadinejad have shown little willingness to bargain away the country's nuclear program. It will be tougher to persuade them to make a deal next time...