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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (167181)	7/26/2005 11:10:10 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

TEHRAN, July 26 (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday the European Union had until August 1 to present a proposal that would enable the country to produce nuclear fuel or Tehran will go its own way, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday. Ali Aghamohammadi, spokesman for Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told state television there could be no backtracking on the right to atomic fuel. An EU troika of Britain, Germany and France has been in talks with Tehran to try to defuse a crisis over Iran's nuclear programme. The EU group has asked Iran to stop making nuclear fuel in return for economic incentives. The EU trio has until early August to present Iran with a set of final proposals aimed at ending the dispute. "We have told Europeans that there should not be any delay in submitting their proposals," Aghamohammadi said. "After August 1 we will make our decision." The EU trio have warned Iran they will join Washington in seeking U.N. Security Council action if Tehran makes good on its threats to resume nuclear activities. Iran strongly denies U.S. accusations it is trying to build atomic weapons and says its nuclear facilities will only be used as part of a civilian energy programme. Aghamohammadi reiterated that Iran had every right to master the fuel cycle and that there is no way Tehran will give this up as a diplomatic gesture. "Some minimum requirements should be considered in the proposal," he said. "Otherwise we will not accept it." "Lifting parts of the suspension is part of the minimum requirements," he said. Iran froze all uranium fuel work last November as part of an agreement with the EU's big three powers. The Islamic state has repeatedly said that it would resume uranium enrichment-related activities if talks fail with the European Union over the long-term future of its disputed nuclear programme. Low-enriched uranium is used as nuclear reactor fuel while highly enriched uranium can be used in the core of an atom bomb. "We want to preserve our country's national achievement, that is the fuel cycle (enrichment)," Aghamohammadi said. However, Aghamohammadi said that the establishment has still not fixed a date for resuming its nuclear program. "We will wait until August 1 and then our

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (167181)	7/26/2005 11:16:37 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

"But I also distinctly recall several well made and concise arguments from him." He seems to be a good resource for articles that have a predictable biased perspective. He has not posted anything to me but vitriol, for some time. He has had me on ignore for a long time and declared discussion with me to be unproductive for his purposes (which should be obvious to people of sound reason). I note that you bolster his clearly extreme left wing position (as you do other extremists) while claiming to be a moderate centrist (or did I get that wrong). You seem to be a polite person Sun, but do you really think any one believes that alone makes you a moderate or objective person? I also noted the little dog pack you joined this morning in a little community chortle...yawnnnnn