Iran Stalls Nuclear Talks Yet Again
The hardliner said at a Tehran news conference that Iran would also seek the inclusion of Brazil and Turkey in the nuclear fuel swap negotiations with the United States, France and Russia.
Asked when Tehran would talk with world powers over its overall nuclear program, Ahmadinejad said the “negotiations (would likely occur) after the middle of Ramadan,” around the end of August.
“This is … so that they (the world powers) are disciplined a bit and learn the way of talking to other nations.”
On the separate issue of the nuclear fuel swap deal, Ahmadinejad said Iran was ready to talk, “but the talks will be held on the basis of the Tehran Declaration.”
On May 17, Iran, Turkey and Brazil signed what is now called as Tehran Declaration, a proposal which envisages shipping Iran’s low-enriched uranium to Turkey to be followed at a later date with the supply of high enriched uranium to Tehran from Russia and France.
Ahmadinejad also rejected the remarks of the chief of Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta, that Iran could have nuclear weapons ready to use by as early as 2012.
“We have clearly declared that the nuclear bomb belongs to politically retarded governments who lack logic,” Ahmadinejad said.
“What good is an atom bomb to anyone? The stupidest thing today is accumulating atomic weapons. They seek accomplices in the crime and Iran will not be an accomplice in their crime. We are standing firm on disarmament.”
Speaking on U.S. television, Panetta said on Sunday that Iran has manufactured enough low-enriched uranium for two atomic weapons.
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