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Iran Plays Games

The latest:

A high-ranking Iranian official said that even if the country agreed to a United Nations-sponsored plan to ship its enriched uranium abroad for further processing, it would not send it all at once, Iranian news media reported Tuesday.

This behavior would be consistent with a plan to jerk us around in the name of buying time.

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COMMENTS (2)

10/27/2009 - 1:35pm EDT | rozenson

Yes, yes it would. They've learned well from their North Korean partners.

10/27/2009 - 1:35pm EDT | rozenson

Yes, yes it would. They've learned well from their North Korean partners.

Reinhold Niebuhr at TNR

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