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Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/25/remarks-president-un-general-assembly
Obama at UN: "A Nuclear-Armed Iran Is Not a Challenge that Can Be Contained"
(White House) President Barack Obama told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday: "Understand America will never retreat from the world. We will bring justice to those who harm our citizens and our friends, and we will stand with our allies." "In Iran, we see where the path of a violent and unaccountable ideology leads....Just as it restricts the rights of its own people, the Iranian government continues to prop up a dictator in Damascus and supports terrorist groups abroad. Time and again, it has failed to take the opportunity to demonstrate that its nuclear program is peaceful, and to meet its obligations to the United Nations." "America wants to resolve this issue through diplomacy, and we believe that there is still time and space to do so. But that time is not unlimited....Make no mistake, a nuclear-armed Iran is not a challenge that can be contained. It would threaten the elimination of Israel, the security of Gulf nations, and the stability of the global economy. It risks triggering a nuclear-arms race in the region, and the unraveling of the non-proliferation treaty. That's why a coalition of countries is holding the Iranian government accountable. And that's why the United States will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon."