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Europe dangles Nonaggression pact for Iran

Iran`s top nuclear negotiator said his European counterparts have proposed a guarantee that Iran will not be invaded if Tehran agrees to permanently halt uranium enrichment, the state-run news agency said Sunday. Hasan Rowhani said the proposal is being discussed by Europeans and includes several important points such as "guarantees about Iran`s integrity, independence, national sovereignty" and "nonaggression toward Iran," the Islamic Republic News Agency said Sunday. Iran has been negotiating with France, Britain and Germany, who are acting on behalf of the 25-member European Union.

A senior European diplomat accredited to the U.N.`s International Atomic Energy Agency who is familiar with the talks confirmed that the Europeans were offering the Iranians "security guarantees," but the diplomat said no country could give "a 100 percent guarantee" to another country that it would not be invaded. The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to discuss the confidential negotiations with the media.