LONDON – An 18-month attempt to persuade Iran to mothball uranium enrichment collapsed Friday after a senior European Union envoy failed to dent Tehran’s resolve to expand the technology, despite the threat of new U.N. sanctions.
The meeting had been considered a last chance for Iran to give in to pressure from the five permanent U.N. Security Council nations and at least freeze — if not dismantle — its enrichment program before the end of the month, ahead of a new effort by the five nations to find common language on a third set of U.N. sanctions.
…EU’s Javier Solana: “After five hours of meetings, I expected more, and therefore I am disappointed,”
Wow, five hours. I know I expected the EU to be able to talk Iran out of their nukes in five hours.
The EU doesn’t seem to be approaching this with too much urgency. Too bad for them, they’re in missile range.
“The EU doesn’t seem to be approaching this with too much urgency. Too bad for them, they’re in missile range.”
Nor are the Russians and not only are they within range, but they have Islamist problems of their own in Chechnya.