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May 23rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
In return for exporting its stockpile of 20 per cent enriched uranium, the
contact group – consisting of Britain, America, France, Russia, China and
Germany – offered to review restrictions on the sale of spare parts for
Iran’s civil airliners.
They also raised the possibility scrapping a ban, due to come in full in July,
on oil tanker insurance for Iran. This would be a significant concession,
undoing one aspect of the embargo on Iranian oil sales that the European
Union is imposing from July 1.
But diplomats stressed no further easing of sanctions would be offered until
Iran had taken more steps.
Yesterday’s proposals did not cover Iran’s stockpile of some 5,500 kg of
uranium enriched to 3.5 per cent purity. If uranium is processed to 90 per
cent, it reaches weapons-grade and could be used to make a nuclear bomb.
Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, said that Wednesday’s talks
showed how sanctions on Iran could be scaled back. “As Iran takes a
step toward the global community, the world community should take steps for
weaker sanctions against Iran,” he said.
However his Western counterparts believe that sanctions have been instrumental
in bringing Iran back to the negotiating table. “I don’t think the
Iranians are coming to these talks because they suddenly changed their minds
about anything. They are coming to these talks because sanctions are
beginning to bite,” said a diplomat. They say the measures will only be
eased in return for concrete moves by Tehran.
A statement from Tehran’s official media said Iran had made its own offers in
five broad areas but gave no details. “We said to the other side that
we need a comprehensive approach. We need the steps that both sides have to
take to be clearly defined and there is no possibility of going back on them,”
said an Iranian official. “For example, that they lift sanctions that
they cannot then re-adopt two months later under a different pretext.”
The official media voiced dissatisfaction with the offer outlined by Lady
Ashton, calling it “outdated, not comprehensive and unbalanced.”
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak yesterday urged world powers not to waver
in the talks.
“Without strengthening the current painful sanctions, Iran will continue
towards a nuclear capability,” the defence minister told Israel’s
public radio. “We must not blink, give up or capitulate until the very
last minute,” he said.
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