Gulf states 'offer Iran uranium'

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Gulf states 'offer Iran uranium'

Prince Saud said the plan was meant to stop a nuclear arms race

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Gulf states are willing to set up a body to provide enriched uranium to Iran, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister is reported to have said.
Prince Saud al-Faisal told the Middle East Economic Digest (MEED) the plan could defuse Tehran's stand-off with the West over its nuclear programme.

The prince was quoted as saying that Iran was considering the Gulf states' offer, but the US was not involved.

The BBC's Paul Reynolds says it is doubtful the plan will go anywhere.

It is similar to one proposed by Russia in December 2005, which led to initially positive talks between Moscow and Tehran, but in the end led nowhere, says our world affairs correspondent.

'An interesting idea'

Prince Saud said the offer came from the six states that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

"We have proposed a solution, which is to create a consortium for all users of enriched uranium in the Middle East," he was quoted as saying...cont'd

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7073699.stm

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A good solution, or at least one which forces both sides to reveal their TRUE agendas.
Is it really about the nuke issue? The U.S. wants to deny Iran power in the region, which is about oil and wealth and Iran may indeed want the nuclear option to protect its new standing in the region (particularly since so many other countries have that option already).