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September 2, 2009

World Powers to Discuss Sanctions on Iran
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UN Security Council has offered Iran trade incentives to stop its
uranium enrichment program 
Reactor building, left, dominates nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran
(File photo)Six world powers are meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, to
discuss imposing harsher sanctions on Iran if it does not abandon its
controversial nuclear program. The five permanent members of the United
Nations Security Council: the United States, Russia, China, France and
Britain - plus Germany have offered Iran trade incentives to stop its
uranium enrichment program. Iran's top nuclear negotiator Tuesday said
Tehran is ready to resume negotiations with world powers about its
nuclear program. Iranian state media reports quoted Sa'id Jalili, head
of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, as saying Iran has an
"updated" set of proposals that are intended as a basis for talks. U.S.
and EU officials say they have not yet received the updated proposals.
On Wednesday, the European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana,
said he still has not received the proposal but will be willing to
discuss it after reviewing it. The White House said Tuesday it has not
received any new proposals. Western nations accuse Iran of seeking to
develop weapons, while Tehran says its nuclear program is for peaceful,
civilian purposes. But the outgoing chief of the International Atomic
Energy Agency says Iran's nuclear threat is "hyped" and there is no
proof the country will soon have nuclear weapons. Mohamed El Baradei
made the comment in an interview with the U.S.-based magazine Bulletin
of the Atomic Scientists. He acknowledged there is concern about Iran's
intentions, but he said "the idea that we'll wake up tomorrow and Iran
will have a nuclear weapon is an idea that is not supported by the
facts."El Baradei says the best way forward is to develop a dialogue
between Iran and the United States. 


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