Late-breaking developments today in the international standoff over Iran’s nuclear program:
The Times has obtained a draft United Nations Security Council resolution scolding Iran for its nuclear research program.
Also, at a press appearance, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei, who ends a 12-year tenure next week, practically with pleaded Iran to accept an international proposal to trade in its potentially dual-use enriched uranium for fuel rods for a Tehran medical reactor.
“There is a golden opportunity for Iran right now … to shift gears from confrontation to cooperation,” he told reporters in Vienna, headquarters of the atomic energy watchdog.
