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Bush levels dubious Iran nuclear arms charge
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (AFP) Aug 06, 2007
US President George W. Bush charged Monday that Iran has openly declared that it seeks nuclear weapons -- an inaccurate accusation at a time of sharp tensions between Washington and Tehran.
"It's up to Iran to prove to the world that they're a stabilizing force as opposed to a destabilizing force. After all, this is a government that has proclaimed its desire to build a nuclear weapon," he said during a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (AFP) Aug 06, 2007
US President George W. Bush charged Monday that Iran has openly declared that it seeks nuclear weapons -- an inaccurate accusation at a time of sharp tensions between Washington and Tehran.
"It's up to Iran to prove to the world that they're a stabilizing force as opposed to a destabilizing force. After all, this is a government that has proclaimed its desire to build a nuclear weapon," he said during a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai
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BERLIN (AP) — Iran might eventually consider suspending uranium enrichment but Tehran's right to the technology must be recognized, Iran's top nuclear negotiator said in an interview released Saturday.
Iran rejects the West's insistence that it suspend enrichment as a condition for the resumption of talks on its nuclear program. Negotiator Ali Larijani did not address that subject when talking with the German newsweekly Focus, but was asked if a suspension was conceivable as an outcome of the negotiations.
"That is not completely ruled out," Larijani was quoted as saying. "However, we cannot be forbidden the possession of this technology."
"Iran has enough military capacity — without an atomic bomb," he was quoted as saying.
Tehran insists it wants to develop an enrichment program to generate energy, but the U.S. and some of its allies fear that Iran could misuse it to produce the fissile core of nuclear warheads.
Iran rejects the West's insistence that it suspend enrichment as a condition for the resumption of talks on its nuclear program. Negotiator Ali Larijani did not address that subject when talking with the German newsweekly Focus, but was asked if a suspension was conceivable as an outcome of the negotiations.
"That is not completely ruled out," Larijani was quoted as saying. "However, we cannot be forbidden the possession of this technology."
"Iran has enough military capacity — without an atomic bomb," he was quoted as saying.
Tehran insists it wants to develop an enrichment program to generate energy, but the U.S. and some of its allies fear that Iran could misuse it to produce the fissile core of nuclear warheads.