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Iran Seeks Nuclear Compromise?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Foreign Policy, The War On Terrorism

This seems like a positive step for such a devisive regime.

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran opened the door Sunday for U.S. help in building a nuclear power plant â€â€? a move designed to ease American suspicions that Tehran is using its nuclear program as a cover to build atomic weapons.

The offer, which did not seem likely to win acceptance in Washington, was issued as Israel said it had not ruled out a military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities.

“America can take part in international bidding for the construction of Iran’s nuclear power plant if they observe the basic standards and quality,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said in a news conference.

Asefi was apparently talking about a 360-megawatt light water nuclear power plant that the head of the country’s atomic organization said Saturday would be built in southwestern Iran.

Iran also wants to produce 2,000 megawatts of electricity by building nuclear power plants with foreign help in southern Iran.

In Washington, neither the State Department nor the White House issued any comment on the proposal.

Hey, if we’re actually allowed in there to build these plants, can’t we make sure they won’t be used for nefarious purposes? I’ll admit, I’m fairly ignorant about the ins and outs of nuclear power plants, but to have some eyes on the ground seems like a very good thing.

Please, if I’m dumb about this, enlighten me.


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3 Responses to “Iran Seeks Nuclear Compromise?”

  1. Alex Says:
    December 12th, 2005 at 8:52 am

    Mullahs do everything to have the atomic bomb, including buying America with their petro-dollars. One thing they are assure that they can joke around and doing their hidden nuclear stuff with these kinds of shows.

    West should know that are dealing with kind of creatures that they easly killed 1000s of their oponants inside Iran, guess how much they care about other people abroad.

  2. Justin Gardner Says:
    December 12th, 2005 at 11:17 am

    “Mullahs are bad” doesn’t answer my question. it would seem that if they wanted to do everything to get a nuclear bomb, they wouldn’t invite us into the country to oversee the building of these plants.

    Again, am i just being dumb about this? And why?

  3. Callimachus Says:
    December 12th, 2005 at 11:38 pm

    It’s not the plants. It’s the fuel that matters. This would be like building them a bunch of greenhouses to make sure they don’t grow lettuce.

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