US leader Biden says Iran may spark nuclear arms race

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8664636.stm

US leader Biden says Iran may spark nuclear arms race
Thursday, 6 May 2010

US Vice-President Joe Biden has warned that Iran's actions risk sparking a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.

His warning came in a speech to the European Parliament - the first by a top US leader since then-president Ronald Reagan spoke there in 1985.

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"Wouldn't it be ironic as the Iron Curtain fell... that a new arms race would emerge in some of the most unstable parts of the world," Mr Biden said.

"That would be an irony that our children, our grandchildren and our great-grandchildren would not forgive us, in my view, to allow to come to pass," he added.

Pressure on Iran

Mr Biden's warning echoed the words of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who told delegates at a nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) conference this week that Iran had violated its obligations and should be held to account.

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