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UK: NIE Does Not Change Our Concerns about Iran
[Washington Institute for Near East Policy] Sir Nigel Sheinwald - On Jan. 15, 2008, British ambassador to the U.S. Sir Nigel Sheinwald told the Washington Institute: "As for the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), we made clear immediately that it did not change the rationale for our twin-track approach. Our concerns about the nuclear program were based on Iran's determination to develop enrichment and heavy water reprocessing capabilities (which would allow it to develop fissile material) and its deliberate concealment of these activities. Our concerns were intensified by Iran's refusal to accede to legally binding Security Council requirements."