The announcement from Iran comes as the IAEA meets this week in Vienna, Austria. From Bloomberg:
Iran’s top negotiators are ready to work toward a breakthrough to ease tensions surrounding the Persian Gulf nation’s nuclear ambitions, said Ali Akbar Salehi, the official in charge of the country’s atomic work.
“The president, the foreign minister and myself are a group that is a like-minded group,” Salehi, the nation’s ex-foreign minister appointed by President Hassan Rohani to lead Iran’s atomic work, said at a meeting today in Vienna. We “will facilitate the resolution of this issue if the other side is willing.”
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Rohani is ready to decommission the Fordo uranium enrichment facility, near the city of Qom, in exchange for an easing of international sanctions, Der Spiegel reported today, citing unidentified intelligence officials. The Iranian leader may seek a lifting of U.S. and European Union sanctions, the German publication reported.
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Iran is ready “for a more constructive” IAEA relationship, said Salehi, adding that his country wants the body to take a more active role in stopping cyber-attacks against nuclear facilities. UN nuclear inspectors meet with their Iranian counterparts Sept. 27 in Vienna for negotiations over wider access to suspected Iranian nuclear facilities.
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This is great news for John McCain!