As a followup to my analysis of the latest IAEA report on Iran, see Iran's official response to the report posted by CJ Harwood on his site, WarLaw. Thanks to CJ more people can see the role that Amano seems to have taken, which was to be expected as he was the US's favored candidate for the job of the head of the IAEA but was strongly opposed by the developing nations.
Anyway, here's the interesting paragraph regarding the uranium swap offer:
…the Islamic Republic of Iran is still seeking to purchase the required fuel in cash. However, if the Agency is not able to fulfill its duty under Article 3, then Iran is ready to exchange the TRR required fuel assemblies with the LEU material produced at Natanz, simultaneously in one package or several packages in the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Do you suppose the US will accept this perfectly reasonable offer by Iran? Of course not -- because the swap offer was never intended to be accepted. It was just a way for the US to paint Iran as the intransigent party, so as to justify an escalation towards war, the real goal of the US.
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