U.S. fails to bring UN into Iran nuclear case

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The United States once again failed Friday to persuade the International Atomic Energy Agency to refer Iran's nuclear program to the United Nations Security Council, accepting instead a repetition of calls for the country to stop uranium enrichment activities and clear up questions about its nuclear ambitions.
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A resolution making those calls is expected to be passed by the agency's 35-member board on Saturday, although several countries were trying late on Friday to water down the resolution's language further.
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The draft of the resolution as it read Friday would demand a full response by Iran before the agency's board meeting Nov. 25.
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The United States has been pressing the UN agency for nearly a year to find Iran in breach of its obligations under the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty after the discovery two years ago that the country had hidden much of its nuclear activity for nearly 20 years. Iran has been slow to divulge details of its clandestine research, which the United States is convinced encompasses a nuclear weapons program.
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But many other countries, led by Britain, France, Germany and Russia, who are not convinced that Iran is intent on building a bomb, favor a softer approach.

http://www.iht.com/articles/539452.html

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1. It didn't stop him before . . .

[thecrow]

2. George W Bush...

The man who cried ...er... would be wolf...

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3. What is Kerry's position?

Does anybody know what Kerry's position is on this issue? Does he have a position on whether or not the US should care if Iran becomes a nuclear power?

[ogradda]

4. google it :)

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