“A package of incentives presented Tuesday to Iran includes a provision for the United States to supply Tehran with some nuclear technology if it stops enriching uranium — a major concession by Washington, diplomats said.”
According to the NYT, “Washington has also offered to waive trade sanctions against Iran to allow the purchase of American agricultural appliances and the sale of Boeing aircraft parts, along with aircraft and parts from Airbus, according to government officials.”
Iran is considering the deal, which was agreed on last week by the US, Britain, France, China, Russia, and Germany, the first five of which are, of course, the five members of the UN Security Council with veto power. That the Security Council is strongly backing the deal puts additional pressure on Iran to negotiate, which is a good thing, but I wouldn’t start holding my breath for world peace just yet—or even a peaceful solution to the Iran-nukes situation. The neocons continue to beat the drum on Iran, and I fear that the “major concessions” being offered by DC will be rejected and summarily used to justify whatever insanofuck tactics we move onto next. I hope I’m wrong.
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