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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Yaacov who wrote (8319)	5/13/2005 3:59:39 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Re: (your PM ) Gus, I believe it is too late. EC will not have the balls to declare an embargo on Iran and US has not breath left to fight them. It will end with the de facto recognition of Iran as a renegard nuclear power. You forgot to factor in the "Israeli kicker": Israel --probably pressed by Washington-- has kept a relatively low profile as regards the Iranian nukes issue but that doesn't mean it has given up and will remain idle.... Besides, ballsy Tony has just stuck his neck out: Blair backs possible UN action on Iran By Alan Cowell The New York Times* FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2005 LONDON As the European Union warned Iran against resuming its nuclear program, Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Thursday that Britain would support American moves to invoke UN Security Council countermeasures "if Iran breaches its obligations and undertakings." The shift in tone seemed designed to increase pressure on Iran not to revive nuclear enrichment activities suspended since last November. Blair was speaking at a news conference a day after the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany - the European countries negotiating with Tehran on behalf of the 25-country Union - sent a letter to Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Hassan Rowhani, warning that any resumption of nuclear activity "would bring the negotiating process to an end," according to a copy of the letter shown to The New York Times. If the negotiations fail, the dispute will be referred to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna and then to the Security Council, a British Foreign Ministry official said, speaking in return for customary anonymity. "The Iranians are fully aware of the implications of any decision to resume the nuclear program," the official said. Iran was offered high-level negotiations with European foreign ministers within two weeks to seek an exit from the impasse, according to the letter, which was also signed by Javier Solana, the EU's foreign policy chief. The letter said: "We welcome Iran's continued voluntary suspension of all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, and emphasize that sustaining the suspension, while negotiations are under way, is essential for the continuation of the overall process" of negotiation agreed in earlier discussions last year. In recent days, Iranian officials have suggested that the country is on the brink of reactivating one of the plants where uranium enrichment was suspended last November. [...] iht.com (*) I refrain as much as possible from using Private Messages --hence my Public Reply to your PM.