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Time for a positive step with Iran nuclear deal?

The perhaps best indicator would be Iran’s willingness to allow full, open, and unrestricted IAEA inspections of its confirmed and suspected nuclear facilities. That would be the first step toward what could be a watershed deal in engaging Iran with the outside world and scaling back the nuclear program threatening Middle Eastern and global security.

Why Iran Might Finally Be Ready for a Nuclear Deal – International – The Atlantic, Max Fisher,  28 July, 2010, It’s difficult to know how seriously to take Iran’s offer to halt its program of enriching medical-grade uranium in exchange for a nuclear fuel swap. Under this new proposal — offered by Iranian officials to Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and explained in a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) — Iran says it would halt its program of enriching uranium to 20 percent and trade 2,646 pounds of its fuel-grade, 3 percent enriched uranium for 265 pounds of 20 percent, medical-grade enriched uranium.

If Iran is sincere and the deal goes through, it would not be a definitive solution to Iranian nuclear proliferation, as the country would continue to enrich fuel-grade uranium.
It would, however, be a very big step towards reducing Iran’s capacity for implementing a sudden “breakout” to weapons-grade uranium. Just as importantly, it would be an important trust-building opportunity that, if successful, could pave the way for winding down Iran’s nuclear program and finally engaging the nation that Jimmy Carter once called an ally and “oasis of stability.”…………

The perhaps best indicator would be Iran’s willingness to allow full, open, and unrestricted IAEA inspections of its confirmed and suspected nuclear facilities. That would be the first step toward what could be a watershed deal in engaging Iran with the outside world and scaling back the nuclear program threatening Middle Eastern and global security.

Why Iran Might Finally Be Ready for a Nuclear Deal – International – The Atlantic

August 5, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics international | antinuclear, enriched, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, reactor, uranium