More Iranian Rope-a-Dope with EU-3 Proposal 48 hours Ahead of IAEA Meeting
 The compromise also protects Iran from the United States, which has accused the Iranians of secretly trying to assemble a nuclear bomb and wants the regime to be referred to the UN Security Council for possible punitive sanctions. Iran announced on Monday that it had suspended its enrichment programme and allowed IAEA inspectors to visit nuclear sites, but British officials said yesterday that Tehran had raised objections about the wording of the freeze on enrichment and how the suspension would be monitored. In particular, Iran wants to avoid "an automatic trigger" that could lead to the country being referred to the Security Council if it were found to be in breach of the resolution. "We have 48 hours of hard work to do," a British official said. |