Iran eyes Russia nuclear proposal

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Iran eyes Russia nuclear proposal
Iran is “positive” about a plan to enrich uranium in Russia as a way of easing controversy over its nuclear programme, its nuclear negotiator says…

Mr Larijani warned Iran would begin enriching uranium on its own territory if Western countries referred it to the UN Security Council for sanctions.

Western countries suspect that Tehran may be seeking to develop nuclear arms. However, Iran insists its programme is solely aimed at meeting its energy needs.
Russia has proposed that Iran conduct uranium enrichment inside Russian territory in order to allay those fears.
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IMHO it is a stalling tactic. Hope I’m wrong though. When offered the same plan 9 months ago, they would have nothing to do with it.
 
From the AP: Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said a Russian proposal to enrich uranium for the Islamic republic needs more work and renewed a threat that Tehran will forge ahead with the technology that can make nuclear arms if the issue is referred to the U.N. Security Council.

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So then they would just have to work on extracting the necessary elements from the breeder reactor.
 
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So then they would just have to work on extracting the necessary elements from the breeder reactor.
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Not completely. They can extract the necessary elements from the breeder reactor but I understand this takes time. Some of the links I posted earlier say that Iran has bought bomb-ready materials already – I think from NKorea. This means that bombs are likely already made, although probably crude, clumsy bombs.
 
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Russia plan ‘not enough’ for Iran
The Russian proposal involves uranium bound for Iranian power plants being enriched in a joint venture on Russian soil. Russia would also take back Iranian nuclear waste for reprocessing. The theory is that if Iran has no enrichment capability, and no nuclear waste, it cannot refine the uranium further to the high quality required to make a nuclear weapon…

Russia’s offer to enrich uranium on Iran’s behalf is “not sufficient” to resolve the stand-off over Tehran’s nuclear programme, Iran says. Iran’s top negotiator said it had merits but was not enough to provide “for Iran’s nuclear energy needs”. Iran had earlier reacted warmly to the proposals, raising hopes it might be the key to unlocking the crisis…

“One cannot say that it is a negative proposal,” said Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, on his return from talks in China. He said it would be further considered, and could be “part of a package”, but was not the whole solution.

While the US and European countries are thought to be keen to pass the matter to the UN for possible sanctions, Russia and China, which hold vetoes in the Security Council, are looking for other avenues.
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Well, well, well. Enriching Iran’s uranium but withholding the off-products necessary to make nukes is not the whole solution. What do people think the whole solution might be? :whistle:
 
Ooops! I misunderstood the wording and clicked the wrong thing. Ignore one of the “yes!” votes (the only one yet, actually):o
Oh, and add a “no” vote. 😉
 
More on the friendship between Iran and Russia:

Understanding Iran’s Nuclear Maneuvers
Iran’s interest in nuclear technology predates the Islamic revolution of 1979. Iran’s revolutionaries forced most western trained scientists, engineers and managers out of Iran, greatly slowing Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. In the late 1980s, Iran turned to the Soviet Union to restart its civil nuclear program…
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Ooops! I misunderstood the wording and clicked the wrong thing. Ignore one of the “yes!” votes (the only one yet, actually):o
Oh, and add a “no” vote. 😉
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ditto… :eek:
 
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Iran is just stalling, they need a little time to get their nuke. its a bunch of talk to get time.
 
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