When the US and its allies resume negotiations with Iran in the coming weeks, they should quickly put Iran to the test by accepting an offer by Iranian President Mahmood Ahmadinejad to obtain highly enriched uranium from the West for Iran’s nuclear medical research in return for Iran halting its own enrichment program at the 20% level.
On September 21, 2011, Ahmadinejad said: “If they give it [20% enriched uranium] to us, according to international law, according to IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] laws, without preconditions, we will cease domestic enrichment.” He repeated the offer several times during last year’s UN General Assembly session.
