Iran Given Uranium Deadline Of July 12
Josephine Roque - All Headline News Staff Writer Vienna, Austria (AHN) - Western powers give Iran until July 12 to terminate uranium enrichment and concur talks on its nuclear program. If not, the country could face U.N. Security Council sanctions. The Associated Press reports that Senior EU envoy Javier Solana will urge top Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani to commit his country immediately to suspending enrichment and starting negotiations. They also stated that Russia and China are in support of the U.N. Security Council action, given that Tehran rejects the incentive package to encourage it off enrichment. "We are looking forward to hear from Iran ... the official response," Cristina Gallach, Solana's spokeswoman, told the AP. Another European official revealed a more likely scenario with Larijani coming back for a counterproposal. Solana plans to tell Larijani that Iran must accept the terms of the package by July 12, the time when foreign ministers of the five permanent Security Council nations and Germany consult in Paris. "If Iran has not answered positively by this date, the ministers will likely adopt a decision to resume negotiations on the Security Council resolution," one of the diplomats told the AP, requesting anonymity in exchange for divulging the game plan on Iran. The European official also said Russia and China were in talks to send high-level representatives to show suppor |
