Iran’s back with mixed messages today:
1) They’d be willing to have their nuclear fuel processed abroad if it was 20% enriched.
2) They’re planning to go to 20% enriched on their nuclear fuel and build 10 more plants (seen as a farce, since Iran can’t keep their current plant going at all times).
The UN’s export deal is for 3.5% uranium, which the Iranians claim isn’t enough for the medical isotopes they want to produce.
The West sees 20% enrichment as a step on the way to nuclear weapons development, which requires 90% enrichment.
Sooner or later, there’s going to have to be a deal. The sanctions aren’t working very well, and there’s no support for further sanctions from China.
But it’s an election year in the US and UK, and politicians don’t want to be seen as “soft” on state sponsors of terrorism.
Gorilla thinks: “Give it a year and we’ll be in Tehran doing a deal!”
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