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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday painted an optimistic picture of ongoing negotiations with world powers over his country's nuclear program, saying there has been progress in the talks and that a final accord is possible.
"At this round of talks, shared views emerged on some points where there had been differences of opinion, which can be the basis for a final agreement," the official IRNA news agency and the presidential website quoted Rouhani as saying. "However, some differences still remain."
"I believe achieving a deal is possible. There is nothing that can't be resolved. The other party to the talks also has to make a final decision," he was quoted as saying.
Stop being idiots and at least admit it. That is the goal of all of this.
originally posted by: infolurker
a reply to: Swills
What do you want to see? Iran with nuclear weapons?
Seriously, there is not a need for nuclear power generation as they have the 2nd largest Natural Gas reserves in the WORLD 2nd only to Russia.
Iran does not want nuclear technology to produce electricity. It is far more cheaper and safer to use the abundant natural gas resources.
Iran wants nuclear weapons period.
Stop being idiots and at least admit it. That is the goal of all of this.
The only "deal" that would make any sense is assistance developing their vast resources in exchange for ditching all nuclear ambitions and the nuclear material that they already have and their ability to make more.
That is the only deal that makes sense.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 2012 claim that Iran was within a year of developing a nuclear bomb was contradicted by his own intelligence agency, according to a report — part of what publications call a major leak of secret material.
Iran’s Supreme Leader lays down nuke talk red lines
..... Last, the Ayatollah laid down a red line on lifting of sanctions:
The third point, as put by the Leader, was removal of anti-Iran sanctions, which should be discussed as a part of nuclear talks, and should not be considered a result of those talks.
Ayatollah Khamenei added, “The America says ‘we sign the agreement and monitor [Iran's] behavior and then remove the sanctions’. This is erroneous and unacceptable and Iran will never accept this. This is the Americans’ ploy. Removal of sanctions should be part of any agreement.”
(added) The Ayatollah has just taken to Twitter (as this post went live) to drive home the point on sanctions