Writing in the International Herald Tribune last week, Trita Parsi, President of the National Iranian American Council, and analyst Anatol Lieven, argued that insisting Iran give up its right to any uranium enrichment is untenable, and instead suggested that the Western powers base their demands on the rights and limitations of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty -- which would allow the international community "to place a verifiable cap on Iranian enrichment and other nuclear capabilities well short of weaponization." LINK

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