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Iran Enters Negotiations
October 1, 2009











The New York Times is running an article entitled, "Iran Meets U.S. and Allies for Nuclear Talks in
Geneva." The article begins, Critical talks over Iran’s nuclear ambitions began Thursday morning in
the Geneva countryside, with Washington and its allies hoping to draw Iran into a serious negotiation
that will open up the country to serious nuclear inspections, suspend Iran’s nuclear enrichment
program and reassure its neighbors that its intentions are peaceful." But according to the article, Iran's
atomic energy chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, said "We will not discuss about our rights (to enrich uranium)...
But we are ready to discuss about nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation.”

Discussion Questions for Younger Children
1. Have you ever disagreed with somebody else who lives in your house? What was the disagreement
about? What did you do to end the disagreement?

2. In your home, is there anything that you are allowed to do now that you would not have been
allowed to do a year ago? What? Why do you think that you are allowed to do this now?

3. After you get into a fight with somebody do you think it's important to talk to them? Why or why
not? What kinds of things should you say to one another? What do the words, "I'm sorry" mean?

4. Do you think that your mom or dad ever have disagreements with people? How do they work out
their disagreements with other people? Is there anything that you can learn from this? If so, what?

Discussion Questions for Older Students
1. Vocabulary terms to discuss: Bilateral; Unfettered; Ensuing; and, Derision.

2. What does it mean to enrich uranium? How does one go about doing this? To what kinds of
purposes can enriched uranium be put? Where might you find answers to these questions?

3. Do you think that Iran should be allowed to enrich its own uranium and use it? Imagine that you
were an advisor to the president of Iran, how would you respond to this question? How would you
recommend resolving the tension between the two sides of this question?

4. According to this article, Iran will likely show up to the negotiations with a host of issues to
discuss: "overhauling the United Nations; giving greater voice to non-Western countries; and universal
nuclear disarmament." Why do you think that Iran will raise these other issues at the negotiations? Do
you think that Iran is correctly concerned with these issues? Why or why not? How might these
issues play into the over-all negotiations?
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