Iran's Nuclear enrichment...a Timeline

Any diplomatic negotiation involves compromises. The 10-year effort to restrain Iran’s nuclear ambitions has progressed in fits and starts, with Western nations seeking to halt Iran’s nuclear activities and Iran seeking to preserve its right to nuclear enrichment. Iran has always denied it has an interest in acquiring nuclear weapons. The Fact Checker covered much of the negotiations as a Washington Post diplomatic correspondent from 2002 to 2010.

The six-month interim accord announced on Sunday straddles the two negotiating positions, with world powers notably no longer insisting that Iran halt all enrichment activities at the start of the process. Following is a history of the key negotiating positions, though as always the devil is in the details. During this process, the United Nations Security Council has passed six resolutions, often with overwhelming support, that calls on Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities.

Click for the timeline: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/wp/2013/11/24/history-lesson-10-years-of-negotiating-positions-between-iran-and-world-powers/