Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister has proposed that if Iran gives up its nuclear program, it can enrich uranium for peaceful purposes in a monitored (IAEA) plant in, say, Switzerland.

Prince Saud said that to defuse the row, Saudi Arabia and a consortium of Arab Gulf states had invited Iran to produce enriched uranium jointly, where the plant could be properly monitored by international observers.

“We have proposed a solution, which is to create a consortium for all users of enriched uranium to do it in a collective manner that would distribute (nuclear fuel) according to need,” he said. “We hope the Iranians will accept this proposal.”

He said that the proposed plant would be built in a neutral third country, like Switzerland.

What’s the likeliness of Iran accepting his offer? It certainly puts the rogue nation into an interesting situation. If it really just wants the uranium for peaceful nuclear fuel, it won’t mind enriching it in an internationally monitored plant. If it refuses, why? Of course, Iran could claim they want to enrich in its own country…