Iran Dismisses Nuclear Deadline

NTI Global Security Newswire: Iran today brushed off U.S. calls to decide by Saturday whether to halt uranium enrichment so that it can receive a multinational package of political and financial benefits, Agence France-Presse reported. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran agreed earlier this month it would consider the offer from six world powers while they studied Tehran’s own proposal for wide-ranging negotiations. The United States, which is concerned that Iran’s uranium enrichment program is aimed at nuclear weapons development, yesterday said Tehran must respond to the six-nation offer by Saturday or face new penalties . . . Full Story
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