So much for diplomacy with Iran about its nuclear In a sign that Iran has hardened its position on its nuclear program, its new nuclear negotiator said in talks in London on Friday that all proposals made in past negotiations were irrelevant and that further discussion of a curb on Iran's uranium enrichment was unnecessary, senior officials briefed on the meeting said.[...]
When Mr. Solana, the European Union's foreign policy chief, said that he was under the assumption that there would be continuity in the talks, Mr. Jalili told him that was wrong.
After the meeting, Mr. Solana abandoned his habitual optimistic stance, telling reporters that he was "disappointed."
The French official described the meeting as "a disaster," adding "Jalili essentially said, 'Everything that Larijani has proposed is a dead letter and we have to start from zero.'"
The official also said that Mr. Jalili had declared, "There is no longer an Iranian nuclear problem," and had added that the only interlocutor recognized by Iran from now on would be the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Uh oh.
Oh, sorry, that might have been so eight years ago.
Oh, sorry, that might have been so eight years ago.