[Mb-civic] FW: Iran issues fresh nuclear warning

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From: Samii Shahla <shahla at thesamiis.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:20:44 -0400
Subject: Iran issues fresh nuclear warning

BBC News
04/28/05

  Iran issues fresh nuclear warning

  Iran will resume nuclear enrichment if its talks with leading EU
nations fail, says the country's foreign minister.

  Kamal Kharrazi said Tehran would have no other choice if no agreement
was reached at Friday's negotiations with France, Germany and the UK.

  The group - known as the EU Three - want Iran to abandon its uranium
enrichment and reprocessing activities.

  They are offering Tehran economic, political and technological
incentives for giving up the programme.

  A previous round of talks in March ended with no agreement.

  Delay

  Mr Kharrazi was speaking in The Hague after talks with his Dutch
counterpart, Bernard Bot.

  "Iranian people fear a delay," Mr Kharrazi told reporters after the
talks.

  "They believe it is their inalienable right to have access to this
technology for peaceful purposes."

  The Europeans have warned they would back US moves to take Tehran to
the UN Security Council if Iran breaches agreements or resumes uranium
enrichment during the talks.

  Iran maintains its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful, but
Washington suspects it of secretly trying to build a nuclear weapon.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4494125.stm

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