IRAN

Dear Diary,

Dammit! Iran is making me totally mad lately!

Like today in the Security Council meeting, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, was all "We're willing to immediately resume talks about our nuclear program." And then Gonzalo Gallegos was all, "Um, yeah. So are you gonna stop your uranium enrichment?" And Iran was all, "Uh. No comment." And then Gallegos was all, "We acknowledge that Iran considers its response as a serious offer, and we will review it. The response, however, falls short of the conditions set by the Security Council, which require the full and verifiable suspension of all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities."

I mean, doesn't Iran WANT to improve their access to the international economy through participation in groups such as the World Trade Organization and to modernize its telecommunications industry?

Iran is so not going to adhere to the August 31 deadline under U.N. Resolution 1696 to halt uranium enrichment. I hope they're down with U.N. sanctions.