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U.S. and Britain Try a New Tack on Iran

(New York Times) Steven R. Weisman and David E. Sanger - Britain and the U.S. are trying to persuade Russia and China to endorse their conclusion, derived from what officials call new evidence, that Tehran intends to build nuclear weapons, American and European diplomats said. The new effort, floated by Britain and endorsed by France and the U.S., seeks a declaration on Iran from the five major nuclear weapons powers that are the permanent members of the Security Council. "If we could get China and Russia to agree that this bears all the hallmarks of a weapons program, it could have an enormous impact on Iran," said one senior European diplomat, because it might signal that if the issue reaches the Security Council, Iran could not count on Beijing or Moscow blocking action.
2005-12-05 00:00:00
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