Iranian President Rejects EU Nuclear Incentive Plan
Cairo
17 May 2006
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has rejected a planned European Union package of incentives for curbing Iran's nuclear program.
The Iranian leader says the European incentive plan is like giving walnuts and chocolates to a four-year-old child, in exchange for gold.
European Union officials are working on a package of economic and technical incentives aimed at coaxing Iran to voluntarily give up uranium enrichment. The deal would include a European-built light-water nuclear reactor.
But, in a nationally televised speech from the central city, Arak, Mr. Ahmadinejad said nothing will persuade Iran to freeze its nuclear program.
He also repeated his warning that Iran could withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, if the United Nations Security Council imposes sanctions.
Tehran says it wants only to produce peaceful nuclear energy. The United States, Britain and France believe Iran's real goal is building a nuclear weapon.
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