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NYT: "The United States, Europe and Russia responded with
extreme skepticism to Iran's announcement on Monday that it had reached an
agreement to ship roughly half of its nuclear fuel to Turkey, saying they would
continue to press for new sanctions against Tehran." http://nyti.ms/bir1pd
AP: "Iran said Tuesday it expects the U.S. and its allies
to accept a nuclear fuel swap deal despite initial skepticism, as key U.N.
Security Council member China welcomed the proposal as a way of reviving
negotiations over Tehran's nuclear activities." http://bit.ly/93S5gh
AP: "The White House on Monday showed deep skepticism
about Iran's new deal to ship low-enriched uranium off its soil, saying it has
the chance to be 'positive step' but warning that the deal still allows Iran to
keep enriching uranium toward the pursuit of a nuclear weapon." http://bit.ly/advdRZ
Nuclear Program
WSJ: "China welcomed Iran's new nuclear fuel-swap
agreement, saying the deal supports Beijing's long-held position that the
international dispute over Iran's nuclear ambitions can be resolved through
diplomacy rather than sanctions or force." http://bit.ly/9L2Hxd
WSJ: "Turkey's work on a nuclear deal with Iran is part
of its effort to iron out problems with neighbors for the sake of security and
commerce-sometimes at the risk of angering Washington. The Iran deal comes amid a foreign policy the
Turkish government calls 'zero problems with neighbors,' under which it has
opened up borders for trade and improved strained relations with countries such
as Syria, Iraq, Russia and Greece, as well as Iran." http://bit.ly/9CfMxa
Reuters: "A Turkish-Brazilian deal to help Iran swap
nuclear fuel cannot be considered a breakthrough unless it is fundamentally
based on a fuel-swap proposal made by the IAEA last year, a senior EU diplomat
said on Monday." http://bit.ly/bbCs65
Radio Farda: "The International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) said it had received the text of a joint declaration on the exchange
from Iran, Turkey, and Brazil, but added that it now wants 'written
notification' that Tehran will follow through on the deal." http://bit.ly/9Q8UuD
Radio Farda: "Turkey's Foreign Mininster Ahmet Davutoglu
has called on Western powers not to endanger the chances of a nuclear fuel swap
deal with Iran by threatening new sanctions." http://bit.ly/du9msy
AFP: "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met
Tuesday with senior cabinet members over Iran's nuclear deal with Turkey and
Brazil, a move officials in the Jewish state called a 'trick.'" http://bit.ly/dBiXbE
Domestic Politics
AP: "An Iranian opposition website says authorities have
arrested the chief bodyguard of the country's opposition leader. The Kalame website said Tuesday that Mir
Hossein Mousavi's guard was arrested at midnight." http://bit.ly/9PBXCo
Opinion
WSJ Editorial Board: "What a fiasco. That's the first
word that comes to mind watching Mahmoud Ahmadinejad raise his arms yesterday
with the leaders of Turkey and Brazil to celebrate a new atomic pact that
instantly made irrelevant 16 months of President Obama's 'diplomacy.' The deal
is a political coup for Tehran and possibly delivers the coup de grace to the
West's half-hearted efforts to stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb." http://bit.ly/asXtxL
LAT Editorial Board: "Here are a couple of things to keep
in mind when evaluating the deal negotiated by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for Iran to ship
much of its low-enriched uranium to Turkey. On the one hand, the Obama
administration is committed to multilateral diplomacy, and Brazil and Turkey
are partners on the U.N. Security Council...On the other hand, Iran is a master
of the long game, repeatedly tendering offers in tactical moves to stave off
economic sanctions while buying time to advance its nuclear technology. And
this latest deal clearly throws a wrench into the sanctions efforts - at least
for now." http://bit.ly/94r8xY
Bret Stephens in WSJ: "There's a hoary cliché about how
Western diplomats are always playing checkers while their (invariably) smarter
adversaries play chess. In the matter of yesterday's nuclear agreement between
Iran, Turkey and Brazil the line doesn't quite work. The game Tehran is playing
isn't any more complicated than checkers. The trouble is, they're whipping us
at it." http://bit.ly/9gy0vy
Julian Borger in The Guardian: "The initial western
response to the new Turkish-Brazilian-Iranian uranium swap deal was akin to a
chess player realising loss is inevitable. There was an awkward silence and
quietly spreading panic as western capitals looked a few moves ahead and could
not think of a way of escaping the trap they had fallen into. The deal would
have to be accepted, even though it did little to slow down Iran's nuclear
drive, and the push for sanctions in New York would deflate." http://bit.ly/9IBUgl
Colum Lynch in Foreign Policy: "Brazil and Turkey's
announcement of a nuclear fuel deal with Iran has done more than complicate
U.S. plans for a U.N. sanctions resolution. It also threatens, or promises, to
upend the political order that has held sway in the Security Council for decades
-- one in which the five permanent members of the U.N.'s most powerful body
make all the critical decisions on key security matters." http://bit.ly/9XeUV3
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