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US Signals 'Possible Use
Of Force' Over Iran Weapons
ABC Radio Australia News
2-13-4
| A senior American state department official says Iran is
still trying to develop nuclear weapons, and the United States will consider
all options to deal with the problem, including the possible use of force. UN nuclear weapons inspectors say they have found plans for an advanced centrifuge that Tehran failed to declare while disclosing its atomic program. Diplomats say the plans don't represent a new nuclear capability, but the State Department's John Bolton says the findings show Iran isn't co-operating with the UN inspectors. "The information that the IAEA has learned is certainly consistent with information that we had, and it's not surprising," he said. "It's another act of Iranian deception, and not something that leads to any feeling of security that they're carrying through on their commitment to suspend enrichment activity." Iran says it has nothing to hide The Iranian foreign minister, Kamal Kharrazi, has denied his country is developing nuclear weapons. On a visit to Rome, Kharrazi, has responded angrily to the allegations made by the United States, saying Iran has nothing to hide and stands ready to be inspected again by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Last year the agency called on Iran to open its nuclear program up for inspection and has since said it has found no evidence of weaponisation. Our Europe correspondent, Fran Kelly, says Iran has consistently claimed its program is for peaceful purposes only. These latest suspicions follow concerns that Pakistan's former atomic energy scientist, AQ Khan, sold nuclear weapon secrets to a number of other countries, including Libya and Iran. http://www.abc.net.au/ra/newstories/RANewsStories_1044197.htm |
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