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Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/27/europe/EU-GEN-Germany-Iran-Nuclear.php
German Leader Says Preventing Nuclear-Armed Iran Still "Vital Interest"
[AP/International Herald Tribune] German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that heading off the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran, with tougher sanctions if needed, remains a "vital interest" for the world community. Iran's nuclear program is "one of our biggest security policy concerns," Merkel wrote in the daily Handelsblatt on Friday. "It is dangerous and still grounds for great concern that Iran, in the face of the UN Security Council's resolutions, continues to refuse to suspend uranium enrichment....The Iranian president's intolerable agitation against Israel also speaks volumes....It remains a vital interest of the whole world community to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran - if necessary, with the further toughening of sanctions."