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Iran vexed by possible EU policy shift

Iran vexed by possible EU policy shift

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Thinkpad Brussels, Jul. 06 - Iranian officials are becoming increasingly anxious that the European Union may change its policy toward the clerical state after the consolidation of power by the ultra-conservative faction led by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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Microsoft So far the official line touted by the European Union's foreign policy point-man Javier Solana and other pronouncements by EU foreign ministers have been signalling a "wait-and-see" approach to Iran after the election of hard-line candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Washington and its EU allies say it is time the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency sent Iran's case to the U.N. Security Council, which could eventually decide to impose sanctions on Iran. China has demurred, saying it would like talks between Iran and the EU trio to resume, but has not said it will try to block any move to report Iran to the Council. Russia, while sharing China's opposition to U.N. sanctions on Iran, has moved closer to the West's view on referral.

Laptop Computers Other indications point to growing pressures within the EU for a policy change on Iran.

Washington and the European Union both want Tehran to scrap uranium enrichment, grade material. But the United States has refused to join an initiative by the EU, represented by France, Germany and Britain, to offer Iran incentives to curtail its nuclear programme. "I believe the European countries have eventually understood that Iran's nuclear capability is not for sale, " said Sirus Naseri, a senior member of Iran's negotiating team currently engaged in talks about the nuclear issue with the EU.

Laptop Computer Last week Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and two Italian ministers sharply criticised the turn of events in Iran, prompting hard-line Iranian Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel, a key Khamenei ally, to cancel his official visit to Rome. The Italian press quoted a cabinet minister as saying of Iran's President-elect, "Ahmadinejad is an evil man and hails from an evil regime".

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Desktop Computer Italy's European Commissioner, Franco Frattini, said in an interview with the daily La Repubblica, "the European Union could go as far as breaking off ties with Iran, if the new president gives negative answers [regarding Iran's nuclear file]". He characterised Ahmadinejad's position on the nuclear issue as "a hard-line stance".

Notebooks British Prime Minister Tony Blair also warned Ahmadinejad during a press conference not to think that the international community would "go soft" on Tehran's nuclear policy.

Lenovo "It would be a serious mistake if he [Ahmadinejad] thought that we are going to go soft on them", Blair added, "because we are not".

Hard Drive The signals have been strong enough to worry Iran's Foreign Ministry officials. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi hinted at a possible change in EU policy during a session of the National Security and Foreign Policy parliamentary committee.

Travelstar The Tehran-based daily Sharq, run by an ally of former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, wrote yesterday, "Asefi told senior Majlis deputies in the meeting that the European perspective has deteriorated vis--vis Iran".

Gateway Majlis deputies also grilled Haddad Adel for his trip last week to Brussels, complaining that the Belgian government had shown great scorn for the Islamic Republic and the new President, according to ISNA news agency. One deputy, yelling at the Majlis Speaker, said that Belgian press ridiculed the official Iranian delegation headed by Haddad Adel.

Laptop Parts "With the ascendancy to power of the hard-line faction in Iran, the Europeans will be under increasing pressure to change their policy", Simon Bailey of London-based Gulf Intelligence Monitor said in a telephone interview. "Prospects for a successful outcome in September's nuclear talks don't look very encouraging right now".

Software Iran has accused European governments of preparing the ground so that Tehran would be blamed for the expected breakdown of talks later this year. European diplomats informed of the progress of nuclear talks with Iran have privately told reporters that negotiations over Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program could be heading for a showdown in autumn.

Hard Drives In a separate development, two influential hard-line dailies wrote yesterday that Iran's secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rowhani would be replaced with a Revolutionary Guards brigadier general close to the Supreme Leader.

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