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...cocky--evidence of a self-assurance that borders on arrogance. His brown eyes locked onto mine when he made a point about Iran's nuclear program. His rhetoric was measured, but he was adamant on the issues that have made him so controversial. He dismissed U.N. demands that Iran suspend its uranium-enrichment program but said, "We are opposed to the development of nuclear weapons. We think it is of no use and that it is against the interests of nations." He waved a hand dismissively when I couldn't grasp his logic in questioning the Holocaust. Asked to defend...
TIME: Why won't you agree to suspend enrichment of uranium as a confidence-building measure...
...immediate problem is a case study in diplomatic hairsplitting. Iran is not currently offering to suspend enrichment before talks begin, as the U.S. and Europe have demanded. In its formal response to the U.S.-backed incentive package offering economic rewards for ending uranium enrichment, Iran rejected the principle that it suspend enrichment as a precondition for negotiation. Instead, the Iranians appear to be offering the possibility of suspending enrichment for a defined period in the course of negotiations - a position reiterated last weekend in talks between Tehran's top negotiator, Ali Larijani, and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana...
...Talks is the operative word: Even though Solana and Larijani appear to be seeking to find a way to bridge (or perhaps fudge) what appear to be mutually exclusive positions over when Iran would suspend enrichment - i.e., before talks, or after they begin - they can't use the word negotiations to describe their conversations since the U.S.-EU position precludes negotiations until Iran suspends enrichment. Whatever they call their meetings, Larijani and Solana are clearly engaged in a process designed to avert a confrontation. They were due to meet on Thursday, but postponed that discussion to allow their aides more...
Iran has defied the U.N. Security Council demand that it suspend uranium enrichment by August 31; now it must feel the consequences. That's the demand of the Bush Administration, as the Security Council powers met on Thursday to discuss the next steps in the showdown. Washington wants to see a series of sanctions imposed, the scope of which will expand as long as Iran remains defiant - and the Administration refuses to discount the possibility of military action if sanctions don't force Iran to back down. But even Iran's defiance of a Council ultimatum has not raised...