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March 8, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/03/07/avoiding_a_bad_nuclear_deal_with_iran

Avoiding a Bad Nuclear Deal with Iran

(Foreign Policy) Michael Singh - The P5+1 - which includes the U.S., UK, France, Germany, China, and Russia - has just accepted an Iranian offer of further nuclear talks. Many analysts have urged President Obama to consider one of the various proposals that would allow Iran to continue enriching uranium, though perhaps under somewhat stronger supervision. In reality, allowing Iran to retain its uranium enrichment program would carry serious risks for the U.S. and our allies. The Institute for Science and International Security warns that "without [a halt to enrichment], Iran's enrichment program would continue to grow in capacity and increase Iran's ability to quickly, and perhaps secretly, make highly enriched uranium (HEU) for nuclear weapons in its centrifuge plants." But the threat of Iranian nuclear weapons would not be removed; instead, Iran could perfect its nuclear expertise, stopping just one turn of the screw away from producing a nuclear weapon, or even building one clandestinely. The writer is managing director of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a former senior director for Middle East affairs at the U.S. National Security Council.

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