Web | May 17, 2005
OPINION
Global Nuclear Divide
While India may still want its pipeline, Iran's European negotiators seem aware of the dire consequences of military attacks on Iran by Israel or the United States. China or Russia veto may prevent UNSC sanctions, but would that be enough?
DILIP HIRO
With the Iranians threatening to resume some nuclear activities in the near future, their European Union (EU) interlocutors are threatening to break off their six-month long negotiations to resolve the nuclear issue diplomatically. They have called an emergency meeting of the 35 member Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna at which they are likely to join the United States in recommending that the Iranian situation be referred to the United Nations Security Council. http://outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20050517&fname=diliphiro&sid=1&pn=1