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Show aA 2 e DAILY HERALD Sunday, April 30, 2006 Iran deadline comes and goes Neither side blinks but Iran comes forward with concessionary proposal Steven R. Hurst “If the case is returned to HE ASSOCIATED PRES CAIRO,Egypt — The UN “Whatis up for the agency& would take more, Satan e time for the world to get unit negotiation is to remove against iran because the gov. deadline for Iran to stop urani- ernors have to review the case um enrichment came and went, Concems of probably and nobodyblinked. Throughoutthe spiraling con- tiati flict — slathered in tough talk RRs CERRY RIE = dinejad — a variation on the In February, Iran barred intrusive inspections ofits nuclear facilities by the IAEA, the U.N. watchdog for compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, after it was referred to the Security Council over its Iran's U.N. Ambassador Javad Zarif joined Saeedi on Sat- remaining questions.” France, in particular — suspect the programis aimed at produc- the time being. ing nuclear warheads. On Saturday, the Islamic re- Byoffering a return of so- public issued a concessionary proposalthat might offer a way whichPresident Bushhas said caused the United States to leave truth whenit said it was enriching uranium only as fuelfor re- “If the issueis returned to the actorsto generateelectricity “Whatis up for negotiation is to remove concerns of probably few countries in negotiations,” Saeeditold Iraniantelevision in a direct reference to Western allegations. Iran's deputy nuclear chief, Mo- hammedSaeedi, told state-run television. His words appeared to anticipate an international loss ofpa- The White House wasdismis- tience voiced Saturday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov — steadfast opponent of sanctions. Lavrovtold his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki bytelephonethatIran must halt enrichmentand “providefullformat cooperation” with the had successfully produced en_riched uranium and had defied the Security Council. changeour position that the Ira- nian government must give up its nuclear ambitions, nor does it affect our decision to move forward to the United Nations Security Council,” spokesman Blaine Rethmeiersaid Saturday. Ahmad Bakhshayesh,an Ira- erate with the IAEA. According to a Foreign wyvuvuvcowugarbiue cols confirmed in a report that Iran siveof the Iranian offer. “Today's statement does not uranium enrichment and coop- Ministry statement, Lavrov demanded that Iran suspend research and development on will be able,to reach a mutually acceptable negotiated solution.” Those words presented a muchdifferent tone than an Ahmadinejad statement Friday: “The Iranian nation won't give a damn about such useless (U.N. sanctions)resolutions.” In conjunctionwith the Fridaydeadlineto halt enrichment, IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei munity — thatit wastelling the International Atomic Energy nianpolitical commentator and university professor, suggested the government mightbe trying to.stall progress toward a Security Council showdown. right ((o nuclear power) ... and Iran should not develop nuclear weapons,”Zarif told the British these two assumptions and not draw arbitrary red lines then we TAEA — andthe world com- Agency, wewill be ready to allowintrusiveinspections,” possibilities for reaching a solution, if we start from the basic assumption that Iran has the “I believe if you start from appeared to be giving ground in an attempt to convince the the military option on thetable. urday in what appeared to be a concerted effort to find a way to ease the crisis, echoing the languageissued in Tehran. “There are a multitude of Broadcasting Corp. called snapinspections,Iran outof the dangerous stalemate, DoilyHerald heraldextra.com “good cop, bad-cop” routine. nuclear activities. Several Western countries — the United States, Britain and Iran, however, appeared to have understood it may have pushed the international communityas hard as it could for |oO n lines have carried messages less threatening than those issued by President Mahmoud Ahma- IAEA to “clear up the IAEA's and facing a possible Security Council veto by the Kremlin orm a those on the diplomatic front ee Russia and Chinadid not budge from their opposition to U.N. sanctions as punishment, leaving the United States, andBeijing. n experts such as Saeedi and SNE portion of the United Nations’ Britain and France hamstrung or over Iran's nuclear program, : ; ees ae A pressure, apparently banking demand. ry Throughout the confrontation would not bowtointernational on the deepsplit in the Security Council over the “or else” legal aspects as well as political ones,”he said. ” negotiations. onall sides — Iran hadsaid it call 373-6450 from technical and few countries in ButBush,perhaps foreseeing Iranian eagerness to keepits case from reachinga full-scale sanctions debate, responded with extremecareFriday. 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