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Iran to respond to int. nuclear proposals in afternoon 14:21 | 22/ 08/ 2006 <http://en.rian.ru/world/20060822/52981262-print.html> Print version MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti) - Iran will respond to proposals from six world powers aimed at resolving the longstanding nuclear dispute at 4 p.m. local time (11:30 a.m. GMT), an Iranian television channel said Tuesday referring to a senior security official in Tehran. The five permanent UN Security Council members and Germany have drafted a package of incentives to persuade Iran to halt work on enriching uranium, which could be used in both electricity generation and weapons production. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana presented the offer to Tehran during a visit to Iran June 6, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad later said Iran would respond to the package of proposals August 22. According to Al Alam satellite television, Ali Larijani, head of the influential Supreme National Security Council, will set out Tehran's position on the matter at a meeting with ambassadors from Russia, China, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and a Swiss diplomat representing the United States in the country. Iran's nuclear program has been a source of major controversy since the beginning of the year, as many countries suspect the Islamic Republic of pursuing a covert weapons program under the pretext of civilian research, despite its claims to the contrary. But the Islamic Republic's foreign minister said Sunday his country would not halt uranium enrichment. "We won't suspend [uranium enrichment]. Everything has to come out of negotiations. Suspension of uranium enrichment is not on our agenda," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said. The UN Security Council voted July 31 in favor of a resolution to set August 31 as a deadline for Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment activities. If Iran fails to fulfill the UN's demands, economic and diplomatic sanctions might be imposed on the Islamic Republic. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
