Non-Aggression Mullahs

Well, it appears that Europe has learned nothing in the last hundred years.

TEHRAN, 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 (search) 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.

"If Europe enjoys a serious political will about Iran's nuclear fuel cycle, there will be the possibility of understanding," the agency quoted Rowhani as saying in a letter to outgoing Iranian president Mohammad Khatami.

Iran has been negotiating with France, Britain and Germany, which are acting on behalf of the 25-member European Union.

In a related story, seismologists have detected shifting in Westminster Abbey in London, as well as in and Bladon, Oxfordshire. Seismologists believe the shifting has been caused by Neville Chamberlain and Sir Winston Churchill turning over in their respective graves.