U.S. Urges Punishment For Iran Nuclear Work

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/02/AR2005050201594.html

U.S. Urges Punishment For Iran Nuclear Work

UNITED NATIONS, May 2 -- The Bush administration said Monday that Iran was trying to build atomic weapons in secret and suggested the international community should respond by taking away Tehran's right to nuclear energy technology.

Other world leaders attending a nuclear conference seemed to dismiss the U.S. call for punitive measures. Instead, they spoke of incentives and negotiations as a way of encouraging the Islamic republic to give up worrisome aspects of its energy program that could be diverted for weapons work.