Saturday, February 7, 2009

Time to hit the 'reset button'... or is it?

"...Ali Larijani, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, is attending the conference, but it could not be determined if he was in the conference hall during Biden's 25-minute speech.
In a clear jab at the United Nations, which has passed numerous Security Council resolutions calling
for Iran to suspend its nuclear program along with modest sanctions aimed at achieving that goal, he added: "We say to our friends that the alliances, treaties and international organizations we build must be credible and they must be effective…Such is the bargain we seek. Such is the bargain at the heart of our collective efforts to convince Iran to forego the development of nuclear weapons."
Biden implied that Europe and Russia must be willing to take a firmer stance toward Tehran in joint efforts to halt its uranium enrichment, which the U.S. insists is part of a nuclear weapons program, a charge Iran denies. He was not specific about how the administration would pressure Tehran, noting that the new administration is conducting a review of Iran policy..."

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