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Saturday, December 06, 2008
IAEA Chief Blames West for Failure to Stop Iran
Foreign Confidential....
Countdown to conflict ... with a nuclear-armed ... or arming ... America-hating, Islamist Iran.
The duplicitous diplomat who heads the world's nuclear watchdog agency said this week that efforts to curtail Iran's nuclear ambitions have been "a failure," and it's not Iran's fault.
Naturally.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei told The Los Angeles Times that the world has not "moved one inch toward addressing the issues."
In an interview published Saturday, ElBaradei said the use of sanctions has helped to harden Iran's position. He also said Iranians who dislike the current leadership are supporting the regime because they feel their country is "under siege."
Still, ElBaradei said he is optimistic there will eventually be an American-led settlement between Tehran and the West.
Tehran is under three sets of United Nations sanctions over its disputed nuclear program.
ElBaradei said U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has given him "lots of hope," in part because he has been in favor of talking with countries like Iran.
Last month, the European Union's foreign policy chief said he would like to see President-elect Obama's administration more engaged with Iran on the nuclear issue. Javier Solana also said the U.S. should become more involved in negotiations with Iran and five other leading countries--France, Britain, Russia, China and Germany.
Saturday, 6 December 2008
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