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Iran Ready to Deal on Nuclear Facilities?
Aired October 21, 2003 - 07:23 ET
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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: A developing story from overseas. We want to get straightaway to Christiane Amanpour live in London. Iran apparently ready to deal to some extent on its nuclear facilities -- what is Tehran willing to do Christiane?
What have we learned?
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it had an October 31 deadline by the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog to come up with full disclosure on all its nuclear activities, to sign a tough new NPT protocol, which, in effect, allows unfettered access to all its nuclear sites whenever the U.N. inspectors want to see it and also to suspend its nuclear enrichment program.
This is what the U.N.'s IAEA had demanded. And as you know, that over the last several months, Iran's nuclear program, its potential irregularities has basically threatened to come into a full blown crisis. This, they hope, they're saying in Iran, will build international trust and will try to sort of show the world that Iran is trying to be in compliance with the nuclear watchdog's demands.
There are three foreign ministers from Europe who were in Tehran today, from Britain, from France and from Germany, to press the urgency of this matter on the Iranian government and the Iranian government, after talks with them, have said, according to government officials there and these foreign ministers, that this is now what they are willing to do.
It is probably not going to fully satisfy the United States, which does not want to see Iran have any kind of nuclear program whatsoever, whether it be civilian or otherwise, because the U.S. suspects that Iran is bent on getting nuclear weapons. The Europeans feel somewhat differently. They say that any country does have a right to civil nuclear programs, but they say they do not want nuclear proliferation and they've gone with a united stand to Iran to say that they will not tolerate nuclear proliferation of weapons. And so they've got this agreement from Iran today.
We'll wait to see the developments now -- Bill.
HEMMER: And we will.
Christiane, thanks.
Christiane Amanpour, still a developing story at this hour.
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Aired October 21, 2003 - 07:23 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: A developing story from overseas. We want to get straightaway to Christiane Amanpour live in London. Iran apparently ready to deal to some extent on its nuclear facilities -- what is Tehran willing to do Christiane?
What have we learned?
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it had an October 31 deadline by the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog to come up with full disclosure on all its nuclear activities, to sign a tough new NPT protocol, which, in effect, allows unfettered access to all its nuclear sites whenever the U.N. inspectors want to see it and also to suspend its nuclear enrichment program.
This is what the U.N.'s IAEA had demanded. And as you know, that over the last several months, Iran's nuclear program, its potential irregularities has basically threatened to come into a full blown crisis. This, they hope, they're saying in Iran, will build international trust and will try to sort of show the world that Iran is trying to be in compliance with the nuclear watchdog's demands.
There are three foreign ministers from Europe who were in Tehran today, from Britain, from France and from Germany, to press the urgency of this matter on the Iranian government and the Iranian government, after talks with them, have said, according to government officials there and these foreign ministers, that this is now what they are willing to do.
It is probably not going to fully satisfy the United States, which does not want to see Iran have any kind of nuclear program whatsoever, whether it be civilian or otherwise, because the U.S. suspects that Iran is bent on getting nuclear weapons. The Europeans feel somewhat differently. They say that any country does have a right to civil nuclear programs, but they say they do not want nuclear proliferation and they've gone with a united stand to Iran to say that they will not tolerate nuclear proliferation of weapons. And so they've got this agreement from Iran today.
We'll wait to see the developments now -- Bill.
HEMMER: And we will.
Christiane, thanks.
Christiane Amanpour, still a developing story at this hour.
Appreciate it. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
