Kenneth Timmerman, THE JERUSALEM POST

The Iranian regime's new hard-line president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wasted no time in putting the world on notice as to the Islamic Republic's nuclear intentions.
In his initial press conference after his victory against billionaire cleric Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani in a clearly rigged election, the new president reasserted Iran's "right" to nuclear technology, and said negotiations with the Europeans would continue "while preserving our national interests and insistence on the right of the Iranian nation to use nuclear energy."
The Europeans have been urging Iran to give up its uranium enrichment and heavy water programs, since the nuclear materials they produce can be used for energy or weapons. But instead of convincing Teheran that it will pay a price for non-compliance, the E-3 (France, Germany and the UK) have offered a basket of enticements, from membership in the World Trade Organization to enhanced technology exchange.

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