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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/world/middleeast/05webreact.html
U.S., Britain, France and Israel Support Continued Diplomacy to Deter Iran
[New York Times] Steven Erlanger and Graham Bowley - The U.S., Britain and France urged the international community to maintain pressure on Iran to stop its nuclear enrichment activities despite the new U.S. intelligence assessment. "We think the report's conclusions justify the actions already taken by the international community to both show the extent of and try to restrict Iran's nuclear program and to increase pressure on the regime to stop its enrichment and reprocessing activities," a spokesman for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said. A French Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said, "It appears that Iran is not respecting its international obligations....We must keep up the pressure on Iran." France will continue "to work on the introduction of restrictive measures in the framework of the United Nations." Mark Regev, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said diplomacy remained the correct path for now to deter Iran from developing a nuclear bomb. But he was explicit about the Israeli conclusion that Iran's intention is military, not civilian. "We believe that the purpose of the Iranian nuclear program is to achieve nuclear weapons. There is no other logical explanation for the investment the Iranians have made in their nuclear program."