The Fruits of Four Years of Investigation and Negotiation: Iran and the IAEA
According to the 27 nation European Union regarding the latest IAEA negotiated deal with Iran over its “peaceful nukes:”
“Iran’s nuclear transparency deal with U.N. inspectors could be a recipe for delay and the lack of provision for suspending Tehran’s uranium enrichment is unacceptable”
This upset negotiator extraordinaire, IAEA Director Mohamed ElBaradei motivating him to walk out of the session.
A more negative stance held by EU “powers” Germany, France and Britain that are among six nations sponsoring “two sets of U.N. sanctions against Iran, said German Ambassador Klaus Peter Gottwald on behalf of the three:”
“We are … concerned by the sequential nature of the work plan as it may possibly be used to delay the clarification of the outstanding questions.”
Iran delay? This latest round of “negotiations” grew from the olive branch that was offered by Iran in June that got the diplomatic likes of El Baradei and others excited. At the time it reeked of more Iranian delay games and only three months later the EU is catching on.
It was at about this time that Dr. El Baradei quipped about sanctions and the goal of Iranian suspension of its enrichment activities:
‘“the fact of the matter is that one of the purposes of suspension — keeping them from getting the knowledge — has been overtaken by events.”’
What about the session upset El Baradei so much that he felt compelled to walk out? According to AFP, the EU speech “did not fully support his deal for new inspections in Iran.”
Could the “concern” expressed by German Ambassador Gottwald have been the “nasty statement” that ruffled the feathers of the Director?
El Baradei had received a “rousing statement” on the deal from the “non-aligned movement” led by Cuban Ambassador Norma Miguelina Goicochea Estenoz that reiterated:
“its full confidence in the impartiality and professionalism of the Secretariat of the IAEA and its Director General, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei.”
A diplomat pointed to a lack in this “same personal tone of appreciation,” from the EU as a “rebuff to his sustained diplomatic efforts.”
Sustained diplomatic efforts should be better described as only sustained employment for the Director and others in the diplomatic corps. The dividends returned to date on this investment have been paid to Iran and Iran alone. Is this the result that rates a “personal tone of appreciation?”
Four years, that allows the smile to remain on the faces of those in Tehran. Iranian Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari said the:
“proactive cooperation” of Iran “is an essential step towards a peaceful resolution of the nuclear issue.”
Well, then “the impartiality and professionalism of the Secretariat of the IAEA and its Director General, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei” is just what is needed.
Originally posted at DeMediacratic Nation (9/12/07)
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Is there such a thing as "Peaceful Nukes"???
One which makes wrong out of right. Very good post, BU.
I have to hand it to the leaders of Iran, they are experts at delaying things. It is odd, on the one hand I want to think that Iran is looking for some kind of kickback to not build nukes. But at the same time, when their leader says that we should examine the facts of the Holocaust to see if they are real, they might be building nukes. When a crazy man says they have a very powerful weapon on the one hand and they want Israel wiped off the map on the other, this is a recipe for disaster. It blows my mind that he was actually invited to speak on college campuses in the US. How many of those students have been to Iran and seen what life is like there? I think why was he allowed to come here and speak? If I was president and I wanted to convince people the leader of Iran was crazy, then why not let him come here and show us himself. I am no fan of Bush for many reasons, but I think he made a very smart move by allowing Crazy Man from Iran to do his tour. I have to give credit where credit is due. I am also surprised the liberals haven't jumped on the 'we don't have homosexuals in Iran' comments.