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Do you feel that Iran is truthfully negotiating the halting of uranium enrichment or buying time?

The five members of the UN Security Council plus Germany have given Iran until August 31st to halt uranium enrichment. If Iran chooses to ignore the stipulations given by the Security Council, they face severe economic and political sanctions. Iran has called these requests illegal and has also stated that the Islamic Republic has a new agenda. The European Union does not endorse the UN’s proposal. Are we looking a serious negotiations or is Iran buying time? Their answers and referenced proposals for negotiation remain vague. Please serious opinions ….. Thank you

“Serious negotiations” — I think not. Iran is dragging its feet, buying time…..

The reason that Iran is so bold to stand up against world condemnation regarding its enrichment of uranium is because the real power in Iran, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameini truly believes that he is Allah’s representative on Earth to rid the world of fitnah (disbelief in Allah).

You are right, On August 22 Ali Larijani, hand delivered Iran’s 21-page response to UNSC 1696 the package of incentives to dissuage Iran from uranium enrichment. Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said that Tehran was ready to enter “serious negotiations” over its disputed nuclear program but did not say whether it was willing to suspend uranium enrichment — the West’s key demand. This was because the West had offered many economic incentives.

What sanctions will be set on August 31 against Iran ?

Iran will continue to enrich uranium. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameini avers that Iran has a right to have nuclear weapons. Leaders of the Iranian hard-line regime, believe they have a direct line to God, and they’ll do whatever ‘divine inspiration’ requires them to do. Talking to them is pointless.

On August 19, Iran launched a large-scale area, sea and ground exercise he maneuver, the Blow of Zolfaghar (the sword used by Imam Ali), which involved 12 divisions, army Chinook helicopters, unmanned planes, parachutists, electronic war units and special forces. Iran’s state-run television reported that the new anti-aircraft system was tested “to make Iranian air space unsafe for our enemies.”

On Sunday, August 20, in the Kashan desert about 250 kilometers southeast of the capital of Tehran, Iran tested the Saegheh missile which has a range of between 80 to 250 kilometers. Saegheh means lightning in Farsi. (The language of Iran is not Arabic and Iranians are not Arabs.)
Iran’s arsenal also contains the Shahab-3 missile, which means “shooting star” in Farsi, and is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. It has a range of more than 2,000 kilometers and can reach Israel and US forces in the Middle East.

Iran’s military test-fired a series of missiles during large-scale war games in the Persian Gulf in March and April, including a missile it claimed was not detectable by radar that can use multiple warheads to hit several targets simultaneously.

The Iranian news service Al-Borz, predicted that on the first anniversary of Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s government, in late August 2006, Ahmadinejad is expected to announce what the news service called Iran’s “nuclear birth.”

In addition, an August 23, 2006 article about Iran’s reply to the incentives proposal, that was posted on the Iranian Foreign Ministry-affiliated website , implied that Iran’s nuclear technology had already reached the point of no return: “…

The following are excerpts from the Al-Borz report:

“It is expected that the first anniversary of the forming of the ninth government will be the date of the Ahmadinejad government’s ‘nuclear birth.’

“… Together with [the celebration of] the anniversary of the forming of the ninth cabinet, the president of the country [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] will hold his third press conference… where he will answer questions from journalists from Iran and from abroad.

“In addition to detailing the activities of the government at the end of [its first] year, the head of the government [i.e. Ahmadinejad] will officially present Iran’s positions on: economic and cultural matters, the nuclear dossier, the activities of nuclear research centers, and developments in the region.”

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