Friday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 4.29.2005:

Today, the final day of the EU3/Iran negotiations – what will happen next?

Later today the EU3 will have to decide what to do with the Iranian proposal to maintain a small uranium enrichment program. What the EU3 decides will show with whom they have cast their lot.

So what will they choose to do? There are four likely scenarios.

unfortunately, the likely one is not good, I hope I am wrong. READ MORE

Here are a few other news items you may have missed.

• Financial Times reports that the EU3 is facing one of the biggest tests yet of its policy on Iran's nuclear programme, as Tehran increases pressure in negotiations and doubts mount about the unity of the EU itself.
• The Economist reports that Iran's government is failing to read the warning in the recent Arab riots.
• Iran Focus reports that Iran's President Khatami said "Today’s world is suffering from the legitimising of fascism and ... the United Nation’s General Secretary is leading the way."
• VOA News reported on the latest terrorist convention in Tehran.
• The Associated Press reports that Iran warned the EU3 that it is "very critical" for progress be seen in the talks scheduled for Friday or Iran will restart its uranium enrichment program.
• Reuters reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin, hardened his line toward Iran's nuclear program, and that Tehran needed to do more to assure the world.
• The Los Angeles Times reports that the Bush administration has decided to avoid any immediate confrontation Hezbollah.
• The Forward reports that American action against Iran's nuclear program is being threatened by a stalled presidential nomination and the sudden dismissal of two officials at AIPAC.
• And finally, the International Herald Tribune reported that U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that he did not foresee a military strike by the United States on Iran.