Iran Will Reject Any European Union Proposal Not Allowing for Uranium Enrichment, Officials Say

Iran will reject any offer from the European Union that does not allow Tehran to restart its uranium enrichment program, frozen since last year’s Paris Agreement, Iranian officials warned today (see GSN, July 11).

“I think the end of the suspension is very close, and the Europeans should keep to their commitments,” said nuclear negotiator Hossein Mousavian.

“Perhaps the Europeans were imagining things after the presidential election,” said negotiator Sirus Naseri, referring to the victory of hard-line candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

“But they know that if their proposal does not include (a resumption of) uranium enrichment, Iran will reject it,” Naseri said (Agence France-Presse/SpaceWar.com, July 12).

Ahmadinejad, meanwhile, yesterday warned Western nations not to be unfair to his country, the Associated Press reported.

“We are urging fair relations with the world, but people are being blocked by some who claim they promote democracy and freedom but act vice versa when they deal with Iranians,” Ahmadinejad said, apparently referring to the United States (Nasser Karimi, Associated Press/Yahoo!News, July 11).

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