A. IRAN'S STRATEGIC GOAL: NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITY.
From: Najmedin Meshkati <nmeshkati@yahoo.com>
Date: September 24, 2013, 8:39:29 PM PDT
To: Najmedin Meshkati <meshkati@usc.edu>
Subject: Israel doc on Iran
Iran's interim goal: A deal with minor concessions that preserves Iran's future ability to rush forward to produce nuclear weapons.
1. The current Iranian charm offensive aims at reaching a deal with the international community that will preserve Iran's ability to rapidly build a nuclear weapon at a time of its choosing – the so-called breakout option.
2. Iran seeks an arrangement in which sanctions are eased or lifted in exchange for
cosmetic concessions, while allowing Iran to retain sufficient nuclear material and – no less importantly – nuclear infrastructure to complete its military nuclear program on short notice.
3. Iran is developing and installing new and advanced centrifuges for this purpose.
These centrifuges enable Iran to enrich – within weeks – even low enriched uranium to weapons grade highly enriched uranium, the most critical component in making nuclear weapons. This speedy enrichment capability will make timely detection and effective response to an Iranian nuclear breakout increasingly difficult, if not impossible.
B. FROM MAX BOOT
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/09/24/rouhani-fever-at-the-un/
THUS, IT IS CRITICAL THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA STICK TO THE HIGH STANDARD FOR ANY POSSIBLE DEAL, AS OUTLINED BY THE FOREIGN POLICY INSTITUTE’S ROBERT ZARATE.
What does this mean in practice?
“1. Any Iranian nuclear deal should require ‘zero enrichment’ to close off Iran’s path to a nuclear bomb using centrifuges to produce weapons-usable high enriched uranium….
2. Any Iranian nuclear deal should require ‘zero reprocessing’ to close off Iran’s path to a nuclear bomb using plutonium that could be separated from a reactor’s spent nuclear fuel….
3. Any Iranian nuclear deal should require Iran to fully comply with its international obligations through ‘complete and total transparency’—that is, by allowing nuclear inspection activities far beyond those required by its NPT-required IAEA safeguards agreement.”
If Rouhani can agree to such terms and get the rest of the Iranian establishment, led by Ayatollah Khamenei, to go along, then he is what he seems to be–a true moderate who is interested in de-escalating the confrontation between Iran and the West.
IF NOT, ROUHANI IS UP TO HIS OLD TRICKS–USING NEGOTIATIONS TO BUY TIME FOR THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM TO DEVELOP, AS HE HAS PREVIOUSLY ADMITTED TO DOING.
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