U.S. Backs Economic Incentives for Iran, Rice Says

[allemand]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, in a policy shift, will offer Iran (news - web sites) economic incentives to abandon its suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (news - web sites) told Reuters on Friday.

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19:02 Condoleezza Rice: U.S. to allow Iran WTO entry, aircraft parts if it abandons nuclear ambitions
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"We will make clear that we will lift our objections to an Iranian application to the WTO and that we are prepared to lift an objection to the licensing of spare parts for Iranian commercial aircraft," Rice said in an interview.

"The decision that the president has taken is that the United States will make an effort to actively support the EU3 negotiations with the Iranians," Rice added, referring to Britain, France and Germany, the three European nations negotiating with Iran.
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[Tempest]

1. Remember when

The Repugs complained about Clinton giving incentives to North Korea over their nuclear program?

How the worm turns.

[bemildred]

2. Can't be looking impotent in too many places at once. nt

[underpants]

3. WOW Bush gets totally PLAYED again

I doubt the Iranians will accept-that is probably how W&Co want it anyway.

[allemand]

4. Iran: U.S. offer`too insignificant to comment about`

23:26 Iran: U.S. offer of economic incentives for abandoning parts of atomic program `too insignificant to comment about`
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/ShTickers.html

Back to square one...

[Amfortas]

5. US offers Iran economic carrot

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US offers Iran economic carrot


"We will make clear that we will lift our objections to an Iranian application to the WTO and that we are prepared to lift an objection to the licensing of spare parts for Iranian commercial aircraft," Rice said on Friday.



"The decision that the president has taken is that the United States will make an effort to actively support the EU3 negotiations with the Iranians," Rice added, referring to a British-French-German diplomatic effort to negotiate an end to Iran's suspected nuclear weapons programme.



The united approach marks a milestone in efforts to curb what Washington believes are Iran's attempts to develop nuclear arms. Iran has denied it is seeking atomic weapons and has said its civilian nuclear programme is for peaceful power generation.


The US decision to embrace economic incentives is a significant reversal from Washington's previous refusal to reward Iran for what it regards as bad behaviour.