Iran Rejects EU “BOLD” New Offer
Should we laugh or cry? The EU can’t even get the “bold” new offer out the door before Iran rejects it with derision. Ahmadinejad said today (here):
“They say they want to offer us incentives,” Ahmadinejad said. “We tell them: Keep the incentives as a gift for yourself. We have no hope of anything good from you.”
Separately, a Foreign Ministry spokesman playfully suggested that Iran was in a better position to make offers than the Europeans. “We are prepared to offer economic incentives to Europe in return for recognizing our right” to peaceful nuclear power, said spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi, according to state radio. “Iran’s 70 million population market is a good incentive for Europe.”
How many times does Iran have to say “no” before the EU and the rest of the world gets it? It appears we are dealing with people that are willing to believe anything but what Iran actually says. Exactly how much clearer does Iran need to make it before the EU will stop the “bold” new proposals and get on with sanctions and military action?
