Iran to Kerry: We Don’t Want Your Nuclear Fuel

Charles Johnsonfollow me on twitter
Sun Oct 3, 2004 at 7:20 am PDT • Views: 155

Since John Kerry announced his moronic plan to send nuclear fuel to Iran, I’ve been expecting this statement from the mullahs: Iran Rebuffs Kerry Nuclear Proposal.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran on Sunday rebuffed a proposal by U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry who has suggested supplying the Islamic state with nuclear fuel for power reactors if Tehran agrees to give up its own fuel-making capability.

Foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said it would be “irrational” for Iran to put its nuclear program in jeopardy by relying on supplies from abroad.

“We have the technology (to make nuclear fuel) and there is no need for us to beg from others,” Asefi told a weekly news conference. …

But Kerry says he would put Iran’s intentions to the test by agreeing to supply it with nuclear fuel for its power reactors provided Tehran stopped efforts to make its own fuel and returned the spent fuel after use.

Iran has rejected repeated efforts by European countries to get it to scrap its nuclear fuel-cycle activities — which could be used to make atomic bombs.

Asefi said Iran could not trust any deal from the West to supply it with reactor fuel.

“What guarantees are there? Will they supply us one day and then, if they want to, stop supplying us on another day?” he said.

This leaves John Kerry with absolutely no plan to deal with Iran’s nuclear aspirations. Following on the heels of France and Germany’s declaration that they will not increase military aid to Iraq, John Kerry’s “foreign policy” stands revealed as a total sham.

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