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VIDEO / Foreign Min. compiles report on likelihood of West holding talks with Iran
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Iran, Ehud Olmert 

It emerged on Monday that the Foreign Ministry has compiled a report on the likelihood of Western countries launching negotiations with Iran over its disputed nuclear program.

Those negotiations, which the report predicts would be led by Europe and the United States, would limit Iranian uranium enrichment to the low levels needed for nuclear energy.


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utgoing prime minister Ehud Olmert flew to Russia on Monday for talks likely to focus on Iran. Olmert will meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday, and will press him on supposed Russian arms sales to Iran and efforts by Moscow to prevent UN approval of a new round of sanctions on Tehran.

But the report compiled by the Foreign Ministry suggests Israel believes it will have a hard time rallying international support for a tougher stance. Meanwhile, Tehran appears to be cognizant of its increasing leverage, having delivered a letter to the EU on Monday stressing that pressure will not resolve the face-off over its nuclear program.


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