Iranian President Mohammad Khatami speaks during a news conference of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Friday, Oct, 17, 2003. President Khatami said Iran neither has nor wants nuclear weapons. (AP)
Iran to Stop Uranium Enrichment Story aired: Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Three European foreign ministers have persuaded Iran to dramatically curtail aspects of its nuclear program to meet an International Atomic Energy Agency October 31st deadline. Iran also agreed to allow inspections.
The IAEA, the United Nation's nuclear watchdog, had failed to convince the Iranian government to comply with guidelines in the past.
Why did Iran agree to suspend its uranium enrichment and allow inspections? Some think that the presence of 130,000 American troops in Iraq, on Iran's eastern border, might have something to do with it.
For more, Here and Now turns to BBC reporter Jim Muir and Joseph Cirincione, director of the Non-Proliferation Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Guests:
Jim Muir, BBC reporter
Joseph Cirincione, director of the Non-Proliferation Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
