Bush: Iran 'held hostage' by clerical leaders
Reuters
Date: 01-31-06
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush said on Tuesday Iran is "held hostage" by a clerical elite that represses its people and urged the world not to allow Tehran to acquire nuclear weapons.
He also accused Iran of sponsoring terrorists in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon, saying "that must come to an end."
Bush made his comments in his State of the Union as the United States expressed confidence that Russia and China would support sending the Iran nuclear case to the U.N. Security Council.
"The Iranian government is defying the world with its nuclear ambitions -- and the nations of the world must not permit the Iranian regime to gain nuclear weapons," Bush said.
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