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We Must Not Capitulate to Iran over Its Nuclear Program
(Telegraph-UK) Con Coughlin - In previous negotiations the Iranians have frequently indulged in delaying tactics, stringing out the talks so that Western negotiators are led to believe they are about to get a deal, when in fact they were just buying themselves more time. As every nuclear expert knows, there will come a point when Iran has enough enriched uranium that it can press ahead with building a nuclear weapon. For all the encouraging noises being made by the Iranian delegation, there has been no let-up in Iran's uranium enrichment activities. Thankfully it has been left to the French to demonstrate that not everyone taking part in the Geneva talks is gullible enough to accept the Iranian promises of good behavior at face value. Rouhani is desperate to get the sanctions lifted. If the sanctions really are having an impact on Iran's nuclear calculations, then all the more reason to keep them in place. If the world is to be a safer place, then the ultimate objective of the Geneva talks must be to force Iran to stop all the activities that could enable it to build nuclear weapons, rather than easing the sanctions and letting the ayatollahs off the hook.