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Friday, May 25, 2012

''Fearful Iran hawks flap harder''

From Asia Times Online

''As at least two days of talks on the future of Iran's nuclear program got underway in Baghdad on Wednesday, neo-conservatives and other hawks escalated their campaign against any compromise agreement, particularly one that would permit Tehran to continue enriching uranium on its territory.

Fearful that the US and the other members of the so-called P5+1 ("Iran Six" - Britain, France, Russia, China, plus Germany) will strike an interim accord with Tehran under which it would agree to limit its uranium enrichment to 5%, they argued that Iran should instead be forced to comply with a 2006 United Nations Security resolution calling for it to stop enriching altogether - a position that most Iran experts here believe is certain to kill any prospect for progress.''

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