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Iran Has No "Right" to Enrich Uranium
(Wall Street Journal) Michael Makovsky and Blaise Misztal - A central Iranian negotiating demand is acknowledgment of its "right" to enrich uranium under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) grants no such right. If the world accedes to Iran's terms and allows continued enrichment - even as an interim "confidence-building measure" - international powers would cede any legal basis for demanding further concessions or continuing to impose sanctions. Iran's legal transgressions should be exposed for what they are: further evidence of Tehran's unwillingness to stop a nuclear program that violates international law. Mr. Makovsky, a former Pentagon official, is director of the Bipartisan Policy Center's Foreign Policy Project, of which Mr. Misztal is associate director.