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...landed in Tehran to offer incentives in exchange for the suspension of suspect nuclear activities--as new ammunition in its battle to persuade the European powers, Russia and China that only harsh sanctions can impede Iran's quest for the Bomb. If, as U.S. officials anticipate, Iran refuses to suspend enrichment and return to the negotiating table, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will demand sanctions from the U.N. Security Council. Russia and China have pledged not to veto if Iran refuses to cooperate...
...Iran might agree to suspend uranium enrichment... but at a price...
...Iran's track record suggests it might agree to suspend uranium enrichment, but probably not as a precondition for talks - which they would see giving up leverage with no quid pro quo - but rather as an outcome of talks. Tehran did, in fact, suspend uranium enrichment, under monitoring by the IAEA, during the three years of nuclear negotiation with Britain, France and Germany. But those talks went nowhere, and Larijani is reported to believe that Iran surrendered too much leverage and weakened its position. Iranian leaders also believe the open-ended nature of those talks allowed the Europeans to play...
...Russia and China, veto-wielding members of the Security Council, are also allergic to the notion of sanctions. Will they really go along with the US and Europeans on? a Security Council resolution invoking sanctions if Iran refuses the partners' demand to suspend enrichment and return to the table...
...show. But somehow in these very public cases that are tried in the court of public opinion long before they reach the court of law, we lower our standards too easily. Maybe the conflict and confusion surrounding the Duke case will make us watch a bit more skeptically, suspend judgment a while longer, the next time either the prosecutors or the defense try to persuade us to render a verdict before a trial has even begun...