Iran suspends uranium enrichment
Source: The Guardian
Iran has suspended the enrichment of uranium stockpiles to the 20% purity needed to bring it a short step from building a nuclear device, news services in the region have reported.
Mohammad Hossein Asfari, a member of parliament responsible for foreign policy and national security, was quoted as saying that the move was a "goodwill" gesture, aimed at softening Iran's position before a new round of scheduled talks with the United States after this week's presidential elections.
Asfari said he hoped sanctions would be lifted in return for Iran's actions, otherwise it would resume the programme, according to a website belonging to the Al Arabiya news channel. Talks aimed at halting Iran's enrichment programme have made little progress, leading to the west tightening sanctions and increasing the prospect of military action by Israel.
The Islamic republic's economy has plummeted in the grip of punitive economic measures and Tehran indicated earlier this month that it would be willing to negotiate. However, the offer to suspend enrichment required so many concessions that it was dismissed by the United States.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/04/iran-suspend-uranium-enrichment
SaveAmerica
(5,342 posts)usregimechange
(18,373 posts)auto1969
(36 posts)Guess that 5th in line president that the pukes are so worried about doesn't hold enough sway
Botany
(70,516 posts)for Hillary and the State Department.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)Bengaizi and the color of the President's skin. Poor Mitt. What is he going to say about Iran now. I know: Obama is really a Persian.
patrice
(47,992 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)And it sticks a fork into Romney's campaign! He's done! Fini!
President Obama and our wonderful State Department under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have achieved a great victory without going to war.
Wow!
Milliesmom
(493 posts)TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)MSNBC: Obama Defeats Iran!
FOX: Iran Ready to Nuke Israel?
CNN: Iranian Uranium Enrichment Too Close To Call....
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)Native
(5,942 posts)mak3cats
(1,573 posts)"It's another sign that points to a Romney victory. Iran is caving in advance because they're afraid of what he'll do when he wins."
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)Good times.
littlemissmartypants
(22,692 posts)Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), U.S. Ambassador to the United Nation Dr. Susan E. Rice and Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner watch as President Barack Obama signs a bill in the East Room of the White House July 1, 2010 in Washington, DC. President Obama was joined by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner and other members of Congress to sign the Iran Sanctions Bill, which will limit business done with Iran due to their nuclear program.
(June 30, 2010 - Source: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images North America)
Berlum
(7,044 posts)...and so they will HATE this.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Iran has suspended 20-percent uranium enrichment in order to have Western-imposed sanctions lifted, a parliament member told Al Arabiya on Saturday.
Earlier, Foreign Policy and National Security Commission of Parliament Mohammad Hossein Asfari told ISNA news agency that Tehrans move was a good will gesture, hoping that Western countries will lift their sanctions on Tehran.
Fereydoun Abbasi, head of Irans atomic energy organization, told ISNA on Oct.31 that Tehran was completing the installation of centrifuges at Fordow uranium enrichment plant.
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/11/04/247475.html
See also : Iran Uranium suspension story untrue? http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=208738
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)The man is GOOD.
(Freeper heads explode, don appropriate covering)
Maine-ah
(9,902 posts)Asafari on Sunday stepped forward to clarify. "The 20% enrichment has not been and will not be halted in Iran," he insisted, according to the website of the state's English-language television, Press TV.
Asafari is a member of the parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy.
"Yet as announced previously, Tehran is ready to temporarily supply its need for 20%-enriched uranium for its 5-megawatt Tehran [Research] Reactor from abroad if the sanctions are lifted," he said.
Strelnikov_
(7,772 posts)Based on my understanding, this is reactor grade, and the work required to enrich from reactor to bomb grade is enormous.
ronnie624
(5,764 posts)Shit has to be made up.
JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)But anyway, it's a good sign. (If true, given denials, etc. etc.)
hughee99
(16,113 posts)"Okay guys, you've all been working pretty hard. Why don't you take a few weeks vacation and we'll see you all back here in December, okay"