From 2003 to 2006, Iran made clear to anyone willing to listen that it would agree to all the key elements of the recent deal, including measures to block uranium and plutonium pathways to a bomb and obtrusive monitoring mechanisms to ensure ample advance notice of a likely breakout. All it needed in return – beyond, of course, the lifting of sanctions as implementation proceeded – was formal recognition of its “right to enrich” uranium.
从2003年到2006年，伊朗向任何愿意倾听的人表明态度：它将同意现在的协议的所有关键内容，包括阻止其获得制造核弹所需的铀和钚的措施以及确保能充分提前预警可能的违反情况的严格的检查机制。它所需要的全部回报——当然除了作为前提条件的取消制裁之外——是正式承认其铀“浓缩权利”。