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Iran's nuclear issue: Another sinuous year of grueling standoff (2) |
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21:31, December 08, 2008 |
WEST: NEGOTIATIONS, SANCTIONS SIDE-BY-SIDE
Although propaganda of potential military confrontations over Iran''s nuclear issue has never stopped, the United States and its allies were still trying to block Iran''s nuclear process by both negotiations and sanctions.
European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Javier Solana in mid-June presented to Iran a new package of incentives proposed by six major powers -- Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States plus Germany, suggesting that Iran get a temporary reprieve from economic and financial sanctions in exchange for freezing its enrichment activities.
But Iran failed to answer the new package in a way expected by the West, saying that Iran''s answer will be based on logical and constructive answers to Iran''s package which is aimed to help resolve regional and international problems, including Iran''s nuclear issue.
On July 19, Solana and Iran''s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili held nuclear talks in Geneva. U.S. Undersecretary of State William Burns attended the meeting.
After the deadline of August 2, which Tehran rejected, the United States and its allies warned Iran of asking the United Nations to proceed with further sanctions.
Shortly after the warning, the U.S. Treasury announced sanctions to be imposed on five Iranian entities for alleged ties to Iran''s nuclear and missile programs.
On September 27, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1835 which reaffirmed its previous resolutions on Iran since July 2006 without no new sanctions, calling on Iran "to comply fully and without delay with its obligations" under the resolutions, and to meet the requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors.
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