November 27, 2005

Putin's dangerous game with Iran

By Douglas Hanson
Russian is continuing to play a very dangerous game with Iran's nuclear weapons program. If there ever has has been more obfuscation and technical misinformation about a rogue nation's nuclear program than Iran's, I can't think of it.  According to the Deutsche Press via M&C News, Iran's nuclear delegation spokesman Javad Vaeidi said that Iran had accepted the Russian proposal to limit Teheran's ability to enrich uranium.  The article said that, Based on the Russian proposal, which is backed by the European Union, United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran would be allowed to convert uranium at home in the Isfahan plant before sending the uranium to Russia for enrichment, in order to prevent any Iranian misuse of the enrichment process for producing atomic weapons material. There is some doubt that an official proposal has been made by Russia, but if this is the true substance of the agreement, it is in fact, another retreat by Putin and the...(Read Full Article)