TEHRAN, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Sunday rejected
U.S. and British leaders' latest allegations that the Islamic Republic may be
trying to develop nuclear weapons.
Iran has no secret or confidential nuclear activity
and the entire program is under the supervision of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA), Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini
told his weekly press briefing. He rejected as "baseless" the recent allegations
made by U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
against Iran's nuclear program, the official IRNA news agency reported.
At a joint press conference with Bush after their
talks in the White House on Thursday, Brown called for strengthening sanctions
on Iran.
"Iran continues to defy the will of the international
community. And we are agreed on the need to strengthen the sanctions regime and
ensure that these sanctions are effectively implemented," Brown said.
For his part, Bush said Iran is "untrustworthy" and
claimed it is "naive" to believe Iran could not transfer nuclear enrichment
knowledge from any energy development to atomic bomb production. The United
States and its allies have accused Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons
under the cover of a civilian nuclear program. Iran has denied the charges,
insisting its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.
U.S., Britain call for tightening
sanctions on Iran
WASHINGTON, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Visiting British Prime
Minister Gordon Brown, at a joint press conference with U.S. President George W.
Bush after their talks in the White House on Thursday, called for strengthening
sanctions on Iran.
"Iran continues to defy the will of the international
community. And we are agreed on the need to strengthen the sanctions regime and
ensure that these sanctions are effectively implemented," Brown said. Full story
IAEA head calls for more dialogue on
Iran nuke issue
BERLIN, April 17 (Xinhua) -- UN nuclear watchdog chief
Mohammed ElBaradei on Thursday called here for more dialogue between the
international community and Iran on the country's nuclear issue.
ElBaradei, general secretary of International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA), made the call after a meeting with German Foreign Minister
Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin on Thursday. Full story
