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U.S. to Join Europeans, Offer Incentives to Iran


(Washington Post) Robin Wright and Peter Baker - President Bush has decided to join European allies in offering economic incentives to persuade Iran to abandon any effort to build nuclear weapons, senior administration officials said Thursday. By agreeing to try incentives first, U.S. officials believe they will later gain European support for taking the matter to the UN Security Council if talks fail. Secretary of State Rice said Thursday that Iran would have to commit to not using its civilian nuclear power program as a cover for secret weapons development and would have to submit to intensive inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
2005-03-11 00:00:00
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