I am simply astounded. Astounded, I tell you.
VIENNA, Austria – Iranian and European negotiators on Wednesday focused on ways to revive dialogue on Tehran’s nuclear program, but European diplomats said the meeting was unlikely to deter Tehran from plans to enrich uranium, even at the risk of referral to the U.N. Security Council.
Wednesday’s talks are high level. Britain, France and Germany were represented by officials who report directly to their foreign ministers, and Iran sent Javad Vaidi, who handles international affairs for the Supreme National Security Council.
The two sides have not sat down formally at the same table since August, when Iran’s decision to resume uranium conversion, a precursor of enrichment, torpedoed further meetings.
European diplomats accredited to the IAEA, which is monitoring Iran’s nuclear activities, were pessimistic that the meeting would persuade the Iranians to compromise on their enrichment plans. On Tuesday, some of them described the upcoming session as "non-talks" about a "non-offer."
To imagine that negotiations with Iran, a terrorist supporting country with a terrorist President that wants to blow another nation off the map and doesn’t believe in the Holocost, are not going well. I’m amazed. Who thought that the talks would go so poorly?
