http://www.thedynamo.org/index.php?disp=comments en-US-utf8 http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:32:43 +0000 Lance Legel [Member] c66@http://www.thedynamo.org/ <em>NYT</em>: <strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/world/middleeast/08iran.html?pagewanted=2&amp;ref=global-home">Iran’s President Moves Ahead on Uranium Processing</a></strong><br /> <br /> "American intelligence officials have told Congress and close allies, in closed briefings, that covert efforts to interfere with Iran’s production capability are extremely active."<br /> <br /> "The Iranian announcement Sunday appeared part of Tehran’s dual approach to confront western capitals seeking to isolate and penalize it for backing away from the exchange deal negotiated in Geneva in October. Iran has been saber rattling, testing missiles, holding <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_simulation">war games</a>, and on Saturday announced mass production of two missiles, one that can destroy 'low-altitude aerial targets that fly at low speed' and the other 'equipped with two warheads and can destroy armored vehicles,' according to state owned Press TV."<br /> <br /> "The plans to increase enrichment to 20 percent fit with that leg of the strategy. The second leg of Iran’s strategy calls for presenting itself as ready and able to negotiate." NYT: Iran’s President Moves Ahead on Uranium Processing

"American intelligence officials have told Congress and close allies, in closed briefings, that covert efforts to interfere with Iran’s production capability are extremely active."

"The Iranian announcement Sunday appeared part of Tehran’s dual approach to confront western capitals seeking to isolate and penalize it for backing away from the exchange deal negotiated in Geneva in October. Iran has been saber rattling, testing missiles, holding war games, and on Saturday announced mass production of two missiles, one that can destroy 'low-altitude aerial targets that fly at low speed' and the other 'equipped with two warheads and can destroy armored vehicles,' according to state owned Press TV."

"The plans to increase enrichment to 20 percent fit with that leg of the strategy. The second leg of Iran’s strategy calls for presenting itself as ready and able to negotiate."]]> http://www.thedynamo.org/index.php/iran-a-partner#c66 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:18:00 +0000 Lance Legel [Member] c47@http://www.thedynamo.org/ <em>International Herald Tribune</em>: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/world/middleeast/15iran.html?_r=1&amp;ref=global-home"><strong>Experts Say Iran May Be Ready for a Nuclear Deal</strong></a> <br /> <br /> "Iran’s leadership may have achieved much of what it set out to accomplish when it stepped up its clandestine nuclear program in 1999."<br /> <br /> “If the Iranian endgame is to keep enrichment, and if the United States’ endgame is to make sure there are no nuclear weapons in Iran, then it can be a win-win,” said Trita Parsi, author of a book on Iran and president of the <a href="http://www.niacouncil.org/">National Iranian American Council</a>, an independent advocacy group in Washington. International Herald Tribune: Experts Say Iran May Be Ready for a Nuclear Deal

"Iran’s leadership may have achieved much of what it set out to accomplish when it stepped up its clandestine nuclear program in 1999."

“If the Iranian endgame is to keep enrichment, and if the United States’ endgame is to make sure there are no nuclear weapons in Iran, then it can be a win-win,” said Trita Parsi, author of a book on Iran and president of the National Iranian American Council, an independent advocacy group in Washington.]]> http://www.thedynamo.org/index.php/iran-a-partner#c47