A Surprise Swiss Valentine to Iran!
Caught by Surprise – Who knows What the Nose Knows – Speak Beak!
February 14, 2007
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As the old cartoon character, Snuffy Smith, used to loudly proclaim when taken by surprise: “GREAT BALLS ‘O’ FIRE!”
This was a shocker to me! It will be interesting to see what comes out of this proposal, if anything.
All negotiations in the past have been nothing more than stalling tactics by Iran while they feverously work toward the completion of a nuclear warhead for their long range missiles.
Begin DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
DEBKAfile Exclusive: Switzerland submits to Tehran a proposal for solving crisis over Iran’s nuclear program
– over Washington’s objections
February 14, 2007, 12:30 AM (GMT+02:00)
Our intelligence sources reveal that Monday, Feb. 12, the six-point proposal secret Swiss emissaries delivered to the Iranian government ten days ago was accepted.
Its six points are revealed here for the first time:
1. Iran will be allowed to produce a predetermined quota of enriched uranium against its pledge not to exceed this limit or produce it up to weapons grade.
2. International nuclear IAEA inspections will be expanded to encompass
nuclear weaponization activity.
3. In return for Tehran’s acceptance of 1.and 2., the IAEA will supply Iran with advanced nuclear technology and Russia will release
nuclear fuel rods to power its Bushehr atomic reactor.
4. UN Security Council sanctions against Iran will not be stiffened.
5. The US and Europe will promise to desist from any military attack on Iran.
6. America and Europe will close down their clandestine support programs for Iran’s disaffected minorities, such as the Arabs of Khuzistan and the Kurds.
DEBKAfile’s sources report that the Swiss go-betweens were received by aides of former president Hashem Rafsanjani, whose word as one of supreme ruler Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ‘s closest advisers counts for much in the Iranian capital.
Those aides, according to Swiss sources, were “more than interested” in the proposal and intimated that if Washington could be won over negotiations could go forward to solve the controversy over Iran’s nuclear program.
They also disclose that the Swiss diplomats who brought the proposal to Tehran had also involved themselves in mediation efforts in the past two years to persuade Syrian president Bashar Assad and Hamas leaders in Damascus to agree to talks with Israel. Israel rejected both initiatives.
Bush administration officials suspect that the outgoing French president Jacques Chirac is quietly sponsoring the Bern government’s initiative.
Our Iranian sources disclose Tehran attaches high hopes to the Swiss plan.
The two sides are working on a “non-paper” which European Union’s foreign policy executive Javier Solana will be asked to present in Washington.
End DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
I do not trust Jacques Chirac, Javier Solana, or Iran any further than I can throw them, so it will be interesting to see the American reaction to this proposal.
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