Nima Sharif
As the G8 meeting in St. Petersburg begins, Iran’s theocratic regime begins to feel the pressure to come up with a response to the package of incentives it was offered by the P5+1 countries on July 6.
At the start of the meeting of the G8 foreign ministers last week, French foreign minister Philippe Douste-Blazy announced a two-week deadline and emphasized that Iran must respond before the G8 heads of states meeting.
But most importantly, after the meeting by the group of eight countries’ foreign ministers, the group issued a statement calling on the Iranian regime to provide a “clear and upfront response.†In this statement the eight countries use a strong tone and pressed that they were concerned about the absence of an official response from Iran.
The ministers also expressed that they want Iran to provide a clear answer at the meeting planed between EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and the regime’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani on July 5.
BRUSSELS, July 5, 2006 (AFP) – The EU’s top diplomat and Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator hold potentially pivotal talks here Wednesday on whether Tehran might be prepared to curb its nuclear ambitions. 
