Iran: Uranium Enrichment Will Continue

Threats, incentives, nothing will persuade Iran to stop enriching uranium. Recently Gordon Brown, the prime minister of Britain, announced that Britain will freeze the assets of Iran's largest bank. So Iran moves $75 billion dollars out of Europe and moves the money to Asia (China). I thought they already froze the assests when they made the announcement. Noooo, it's as if the leaders of the West want Iran to have nukes.

Part of Iran's assets in European banks have been converted to gold and shares and another part has been transferred to Asian banks," Mohsen Talaie, deputy foreign minister in charge of economic affairs, was quoted as saying.

Iranian officials were not immediately available to comment on the report in Shahrvand-e Emrouz, a moderate weekly, which did not specify the time period for the withdrawals which it said were ordered by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

"About $75 billion of Iran's foreign assets which were under threat of being blocked were wired back to Iran based on Ahmadinejad's order," the weekly said.

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Europe keeps offering Iran economic incentives to stop enriching uranium but Iran consistently turns down the offers. So, what does Europe do? Send their top diplomat and offer economic incentives. Brilliant!Reuters

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday uranium enrichment was its "red line" and would continue, despite an enhanced offer of incentives from big powers to stop activity the West fears could yield nuclear bombs.

The EU's top diplomat, Javier Solana, presented Tehran on Saturday with an adjusted package of economic benefits designed to persuade it to curb its nuclear work, and said Iran should stop enrichment during negotiations to implement the offer.

"We have repeatedly said that enrichment is our red line and we should enjoy this technology. The work will be continued," deputy foreign minister Alireza Sheikhattar told reporters, according to the state news agency IRNA.

The incentive package agreed by the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany last month and delivered by Solana is a revised version of one rejected by Iran in 2006.