Posted By Ali Gharib, John Hudson
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 7:29 PM
GENEVA -- Western diplomats are hailing (click here) the latest nuclear talks with Iran as the most constructive in decades. But that isn't stopping hawks in Congress like Sen. Marco Rubio from calling for a new round of crippling sanctions against the country -- a development that some observers fear could spoil the fragile negotiations.
On Wednesday, Iran and six world powers wrapped up two days of nuclear talks in Geneva on a surprisingly positive note. In a rare joint statement, the nations called the discussions "substantive and forward looking" and formalized the next round of negotiations in Geneva on Nov. 7-8. The United States and the European Union depicted the talks as "substantive," "very important," and "positive."
One senior Obama administration official beamed with
excitement. "I've been doing this now for about two years, and I have
never had such intense, detailed, straightforward, candid conversations with
the Iranian delegation before," said the official. "I would say we
really are beginning that type of negotiation where one could imagine that you
could possible have an agreement."...
When President Eisenhower announced his "Atoms for Peace" program, he never bothered to outline how peace would be maintained in the face of other nations replicating what the USA had already done. It was very short sighted of him. Typical of so many Republicans they can't see tomorrow past their next election. That would be December 8, 1953. Eisenhower was elected to office of President for his first term on November 4, 1952 in a runaway election. He would serve until January 1961 when John F. Kennedy was inaugurated.
By Timothy R. Homan
Aug 1, 2013 10:51 AM ET
The U.S. House (click here) passed its most stringent package of sanctions against Iran just four days before Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani, a cleric described as a moderate, takes office.
The House yesterday voted 400-20 for a measure that would subject more goods and services to sanctions, in addition to authorizing the president to impose penalties on foreign entities that maintain commercial ties with Iran. The bill, H.R. 850, intends to clamp down on resources that could be used by the Islamic republic to further its nuclear weapons capabilities, such as access to foreign-currency markets....
The United Nations Non-Proliferation Treaty came into force in 1970. It was first proposed in 1961 by Ireland, the year President Kennedy took office. Leave it to a Democrat, an Irish Massachusetts Democrat no less, to begin the focus of non-proliferation.
It was accepted as a significant step toward peace by the then five major nuclear powers. With increasing number of nuclear nations since WWII the path ahead was obvious and viewed as extremely dangerous. Those five powers are the permanent members of the treaty. The WWII detonations were preceded by tests in the USA, the first July 16, 1945. The second nation to develop nuclear weapons was Russia with it's first test on August 29, 1949. That was followed by the UK on October 3, 1952, France on February 13, 1960 and the final permanent member was China with it's first test on October 16, 1964.
In 1965, there would be the first Geneva conventions toward disarmament. There were nations that did not participate in the non-proliferation treaty and managed to develop their own weapons, however, the five first nations are members of non-proliferation.
There are three pillars to the NPT.
The NPT consists of a preamble and eleven articles. Although the concept of "pillars" is not expressed anywhere in the NPT, the treaty is nevertheless sometimes interpreted as a three-pillar system, with an implicit balance among them.
l. non-proliferation
2. disarmament, and
3. the right to peacefully use nuclear technology
Nuclear weapons are as dangerous today as they were in 1961. The idea there would be more nations with this ungodly capacity is still wrong. The path forward is obvious, disarm.
October 16, 2013
..."The beacon, (click here) the main arrangement that we follow is the proposal by [President] Vladimir Putin that the recognition of Iran's right to [uranium] enrichment as part of its inseparable rights under the Non-proliferation Treaty should be accompanied by the introduction of full comprehensive international control over Iranian nuclear program," Sergey Ryabkov told journalists in Geneva on Wednesday...
The White House said the proposal offered by Iranian negotiators aimed at addressing its nuclear program shows a level of seriousness and substance that the United States had never before seen.
The P5+1 met this week for the first time after Iran elected President Hassan Rouhani, who pledged to work towards the normalization of diplomatic relations with the West....
President Rouhani was chosen by the people of Iran to promote goodwill and find a safe path for Iran in regard to peaceful use of nuclear power. He is the world's best chance to achieve the possibility of peace in the Mideast. I don't know of any other world leader that has tried in more overt ways to show the willingness of Iran for peace with it's global community. There is no reason for Iranians to be excluded from academic achievement. The young Iranians have been friends to The West by electing a reasonable President.
Tehran, Iran
October 14, 2013
By Nasser Karimi (Associated Press)
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 7:29 PM
GENEVA -- Western diplomats are hailing (click here) the latest nuclear talks with Iran as the most constructive in decades. But that isn't stopping hawks in Congress like Sen. Marco Rubio from calling for a new round of crippling sanctions against the country -- a development that some observers fear could spoil the fragile negotiations.
On Wednesday, Iran and six world powers wrapped up two days of nuclear talks in Geneva on a surprisingly positive note. In a rare joint statement, the nations called the discussions "substantive and forward looking" and formalized the next round of negotiations in Geneva on Nov. 7-8. The United States and the European Union depicted the talks as "substantive," "very important," and "positive."
One senior Obama administration official beamed with
excitement. "I've been doing this now for about two years, and I have
never had such intense, detailed, straightforward, candid conversations with
the Iranian delegation before," said the official. "I would say we
really are beginning that type of negotiation where one could imagine that you
could possible have an agreement."... When President Eisenhower announced his "Atoms for Peace" program, he never bothered to outline how peace would be maintained in the face of other nations replicating what the USA had already done. It was very short sighted of him. Typical of so many Republicans they can't see tomorrow past their next election. That would be December 8, 1953. Eisenhower was elected to office of President for his first term on November 4, 1952 in a runaway election. He would serve until January 1961 when John F. Kennedy was inaugurated.
Aug 1, 2013 10:51 AM ET
The U.S. House (click here) passed its most stringent package of sanctions against Iran just four days before Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani, a cleric described as a moderate, takes office.
The House yesterday voted 400-20 for a measure that would subject more goods and services to sanctions, in addition to authorizing the president to impose penalties on foreign entities that maintain commercial ties with Iran. The bill, H.R. 850, intends to clamp down on resources that could be used by the Islamic republic to further its nuclear weapons capabilities, such as access to foreign-currency markets....
The United Nations Non-Proliferation Treaty came into force in 1970. It was first proposed in 1961 by Ireland, the year President Kennedy took office. Leave it to a Democrat, an Irish Massachusetts Democrat no less, to begin the focus of non-proliferation.
It was accepted as a significant step toward peace by the then five major nuclear powers. With increasing number of nuclear nations since WWII the path ahead was obvious and viewed as extremely dangerous. Those five powers are the permanent members of the treaty. The WWII detonations were preceded by tests in the USA, the first July 16, 1945. The second nation to develop nuclear weapons was Russia with it's first test on August 29, 1949. That was followed by the UK on October 3, 1952, France on February 13, 1960 and the final permanent member was China with it's first test on October 16, 1964.
In 1965, there would be the first Geneva conventions toward disarmament. There were nations that did not participate in the non-proliferation treaty and managed to develop their own weapons, however, the five first nations are members of non-proliferation.
There are three pillars to the NPT.
The NPT consists of a preamble and eleven articles. Although the concept of "pillars" is not expressed anywhere in the NPT, the treaty is nevertheless sometimes interpreted as a three-pillar system, with an implicit balance among them.
l. non-proliferation
2. disarmament, and
3. the right to peacefully use nuclear technology
Nuclear weapons are as dangerous today as they were in 1961. The idea there would be more nations with this ungodly capacity is still wrong. The path forward is obvious, disarm.
October 16, 2013
..."The beacon, (click here) the main arrangement that we follow is the proposal by [President] Vladimir Putin that the recognition of Iran's right to [uranium] enrichment as part of its inseparable rights under the Non-proliferation Treaty should be accompanied by the introduction of full comprehensive international control over Iranian nuclear program," Sergey Ryabkov told journalists in Geneva on Wednesday...
The White House said the proposal offered by Iranian negotiators aimed at addressing its nuclear program shows a level of seriousness and substance that the United States had never before seen.
The P5+1 met this week for the first time after Iran elected President Hassan Rouhani, who pledged to work towards the normalization of diplomatic relations with the West....
President Rouhani was chosen by the people of Iran to promote goodwill and find a safe path for Iran in regard to peaceful use of nuclear power. He is the world's best chance to achieve the possibility of peace in the Mideast. I don't know of any other world leader that has tried in more overt ways to show the willingness of Iran for peace with it's global community. There is no reason for Iranians to be excluded from academic achievement. The young Iranians have been friends to The West by electing a reasonable President.
Tehran, Iran
October 14, 2013
By Nasser Karimi (Associated Press)
