Iranian will to comply with US demands on nuclear development
Iran, Politics, 11/11/2003

After having insisted that it will not give up its tight to develop its nuclear industry for any civilian purpose, including the right to enrich uranium, as current agreements permit, Iran surrendered to the US demands.

The official Iranian News agency reported that "The Iranian government's official letter on its determination to sign the additional protocol to the nuclear nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) was submitted to chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei in Vienna on Monday."

This comes in light of US efforts that had termed Iran as one of the "axis of evil" countries along with North Korea. North Korea, incidentally, country who was being threatened constantly by the US, directly and indirectly, has seen these threats effectively disappear and converted to talk of reconciliation, ever since it became clear the North Korea announced that it has acquired nuclear weapons, a transformation seen by some as a true indication on what effectively works in today's international diplomacy, and the success of North Korea of effectively stopping future bulling by the US.

It is not clear the extent of Iranian concessions to the US. The Iranian news agency said "In a statement issued at the UN Headquarters in New York, Iran's permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency Ali-Akbar Salehi stressed that Iran has decided as well to suspend all its uranium enrichment activities, particularly those in Natanz plant in central Iran, from November 11."

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