Ali Hosseinitash is the Iranian nuclear negotiator who recently left Moscow after two days of inconclusive talks with Soviet Russian officials.

While the average American high school student wouldn't know him from Adam's house cat, Saburo Kurusu is well known among students of WWII history. Kurusu was the Japanese Special Envoy to the United States, ostensibly, sent to Washington to arrive at a "diplomatic" solution to the conflict in Asia.

Hosseinitash’s task, like that of Kurusu 60 years earlier, is one of distraction, a reality even the Russians could not ignore. The Iranians are intent to develop an indigenous nuclear program. Any negotiations short of that ultimate objective serve only as a delaying tactic.

Nominally, Iranian officials were in Moscow to discuss a Russian proposal calling for uranium enrichment in Russian territory, allowing Iran to pursue “nuclear energy” without giving Iran the capability to develop WMDs. After 2 days of presumably intense negotiations, the talks concluded with out result. Publicly, Russian officials have expressed frustration with the Iranians, noting their negotiating strategy is more akin to the strategy of a delaying action rather than genuine diplomatic openness.

The Iranians will not rest until they have developed a working offensive nuclear device, just as Japan was determined to create a “new order in Asia.” The Iranians too, have the goal of a new order, a radical Islamic order, in which the West is brought to its knees. Iran, like imperial Japan must be stopped. If we again fall victim to the ruse of “negotiations.” We will soon awaken one Sunday morning to another day of infamy, from which there is no retreat or escape.
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2006/02/22/003.html