"Turkey Takes an Ambitious New Path
By JUDY DEMPSEY
Published: May 26, 2010
BERLIN — Ankara mightily irritated the big powers last week by brokering a uranium exchange deal with Iran.
The United States was not pleased that Turkey, with support from Brazil, bypassed the United Nations. There was nothing in the deal about Iran suspending its uranium enrichment program — the most disputed issue between Iran and the United States. Washington suspects that Iran is pursuing the enrichment program to produce nuclear weapons."
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