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Time for genuine negotiations with Iran to settle nuclear dispute

Nuclear Talks With Iran: Time to Make an Offer
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/opinion/nuclear-talks-with-iran-time-to-make-an-offer.html?_r=0
DAVID KEPPEL
January 1, 2013 Re “Another Try at Nuclear Negotiations” (editorial,
Dec. 24): With President Obama’s re-election, it is time to drop the
pose of toughness and make a realistic nuclear offer to Iran. Only a
negotiated settlement can both deter an Iranian nuclear weapons
program and avoid another war that the United States cannot afford, a
war that would plunge the region into further chaos and only stiffen
Tehran’s resolve to build a bomb.

We must acknowledge Iran’s right under the Nuclear Nonproliferation
Treaty to enrich uranium for nuclear power, a point of Iranian
national pride shared by much of the Iranian opposition. And in return
for verifiable curbs on weaponization, Washington should offer to lift
broad sanctions that hurt the Iranian people far more than the regime.

We should work toward a Middle East free of nuclear weapons —
including Israel’s undeclared nuclear arsenal.

January 4, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general