(Financial Times-UK) Gareth Smyth - Iranian officials have pledged they would never abandon uranium enrichment in the long-term, but some now suggest privately that Tehran's offer of "objective guarantees" as to the peaceful nature of its nuclear program could entail a limit in its number of centrifuges, the central enrichment device. "The minimum is a certain number, let's say 500 out of the 7,000-8,000, for enrichment, and then the Europeans can build up economically viable power plants [in Iran] and give us fuel," said a senior official. "It's clear Iran will be attacked if it doesn't give up the fuel cycle," said a second senior official.
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