10/21/09

Iran Agrees to Draft of Deal on Exporting Nuclear Fuel

This will make the neo cons heads explode. Is this the framework for a deal, or is it posturing?

Peacenik recalls the weapons inspectors in Iraq prior to the Iraq war. Every time they asked for more access they were given it. But nothing could satisfy the U.S. or the neo cons. A balsa model plane was held up as a threat to the U.S. It will be curious to see how this proceeds. But remember. Lots of people want failure. And success will be redefined as failure. Watch the goal posts as they get moved.

By DAVID E. SANGER
Published: October 21, 2009

Herwig Prammer /Reuters
Mohamed ElBaradei, the director general of the I.A.E.A., spoke to journalists in Vienna on Wednesday.

VIENNA — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday that Iranian negotiators had agreed to a draft of an agreement to ship much of its stockpile of nuclear fuel to Russia, but cautioned that it would have to be approved by Friday in both Tehran and Washington.

The draft, which came after three days of talks here between Iran, the United States, France and Russia, fills in the details of an agreement in principle made on Oct. 1 following a preliminary round of negotiations.

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