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Saturday, November 27, 2004

EU Warns Iran to Agree Nuclear Deal by Monday

The EU diplomats are running out of patience with Iran:
``The Iranians were told that if there's no deal by Monday, they (the EU) would no longer block a referral to the U.N. Security Council when the (U.N. nuclear watchdog) reconvenes,'' a Western diplomat told Reuters. The Security Council has the power to impose economic sanctions. ...

One problem is that the Europeans want the freeze, once implemented, to be transformed into a termination of Tehran's enrichment program. In exchange, the EU is prepared to offer Iran a package of political and economic incentives.

But the Iranians reject a termination of the program, calling enrichment a ``sovereign right'' they will never abandon.

Western diplomats said the warning that Iran had agreed to a deal by Monday was an expression of their frustration with the talks, which one diplomat said were ``going nowhere.'' more

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