[U.S. Department of State] Secretary of State Clinton told the Brookings Institution on Friday: "Iran's continued failure to live up to its obligations carries profound consequences - for the security of the United States and our allies; for progress on global nonproliferation and progress toward disarmament; for the credibility of the IAEA and the Security Council and the Nonproliferation Treaty; and of course, for stability in the Persian Gulf, the Middle East, and beyond. Our concern is not Iran's right to develop peaceful nuclear energy, but its responsibility to demonstrate that its program is intended exclusively for peaceful purposes. This is not hard to do. Iran's continued refusal to cooperate has damaged the credibility of its claim that it does not seek a nuclear weapon." "There will be accompanying costs for Iran's continued defiance - more isolation and economic pressure, less possibility of progress for the people of Iran....Engagement must produce real results and...we have no appetite for talks without action."
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