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Article: Iran's nuclear program: talk of international consortium.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- March 10, 2008
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Byline: Scott Peterson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Tehran, Iran -- Interest is growing in a possible US-Iran nuclear compromise that could enable sensitive atomic work on Iranian soil, lower the risks of proliferation, and ease Iran's isolation.
Despite a series of UN sanctions designed to halt Iran's ability to enrich uranium, Iran has continued to make progress. And a growing number of Western and Iranian officials and analysts, arguing that turning back the clock is impossible, are pushing for a new framework to ensure that Iran's nuclear work is aimed at peaceful, not military, applications.
On the agenda is a proposal to ...