ElBaradei's Idea for 'Timeout' With Iran Rejected by US
By Bill Varner
Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. today rejected a proposal by the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency for a ``simultaneous'' freeze on Iran's uranium enrichment and on Security Council sanctions adopted last month.
``There is a path laid out for suspension'' of the UN sanctions against Iran, U.S. Acting Ambassador Alejandro Wolff told reporters in New York. ``That is Iranian suspension of their enrichment activities to be responded to by the council. That is very clear and it is not subject to reinterpretation.''
Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in an interview with CNN on Jan. 26 that he favors a ``simultaneous timeout'' that would include the suspension of UN sanctions and Iranian uranium enrichment. The effort to produce a higher concentration of a uranium isotope needed for nuclear fission can be a step toward a bomb.
The Security Council voted unanimously on Dec. 23 to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, including a demand that enrichment efforts stop. The measure also calls for a ban on Iran's acquisition of materials and technology that might be used to build an atomic bomb.
ElBaradei is to report on Iranian compliance by Feb. 23, and the Security Council would consider ``further appropriate measures'' in the event Iran continues to enrich uranium.
The resolution stated that the Security Council would suspend implementation of the sanctions ``if and for so long as'' the IAEA verifies that Iran has suspended enrichment. Continued
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Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. today rejected a proposal by the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency for a ``simultaneous'' freeze on Iran's uranium enrichment and on Security Council sanctions adopted last month.
``There is a path laid out for suspension'' of the UN sanctions against Iran, U.S. Acting Ambassador Alejandro Wolff told reporters in New York. ``That is Iranian suspension of their enrichment activities to be responded to by the council. That is very clear and it is not subject to reinterpretation.''
Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in an interview with CNN on Jan. 26 that he favors a ``simultaneous timeout'' that would include the suspension of UN sanctions and Iranian uranium enrichment. The effort to produce a higher concentration of a uranium isotope needed for nuclear fission can be a step toward a bomb.
The Security Council voted unanimously on Dec. 23 to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, including a demand that enrichment efforts stop. The measure also calls for a ban on Iran's acquisition of materials and technology that might be used to build an atomic bomb.
ElBaradei is to report on Iranian compliance by Feb. 23, and the Security Council would consider ``further appropriate measures'' in the event Iran continues to enrich uranium.
The resolution stated that the Security Council would suspend implementation of the sanctions ``if and for so long as'' the IAEA verifies that Iran has suspended enrichment. Continued
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