BEIJING, April 15 -- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has played down any nuclear threats from Iran and said she is confident that Europe can rein in Iran.

    Rice expressed her belief that European diplomacy had put Iran's nuclear program "under suspension," and that negotiations would keep the program strictly non-military.

    In an interview this Thursday with The Wall Street Journal, she said that the US considers the diplomatic course to be the right course, although at some point in time the UN Security Council might also be an option.

    The crucial question, Rice said, is how serious Iran is agreeing to the "objective guarantees" that it will not resume uranium enrichment programs aimed at developing nuclear fuel or a nuclear bomb.

    (Source: CRIENGLISH.com)