Bush: World must 'double' effort on Iran nuclear program
AFP
Date: 10-27-06
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President George W. Bush has said the international community must "double our effort" to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons after reports that Tehran had stepped up sensitive atomic work.
Asked Friday about news accounts that Iran had taken a new step in uranium enrichment, Bush replied: "It says to me that we must double our effort to work with the international community to persuade the Iranians that there is only isolation from the world if they continue working forward on such a program."
His comments came after the ISNA news agency reported that Iranian scientists have begun feeding gas into a second cascade of centrifuges to enrich uranium, defying UN threats of sanctions over Iran's nuclear program.
"I've read the speculation about that that's what they may be doing," Bush told reporters after a meeting at the White House with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
"But whether they double it or not, the idea of Iran having a nuclear weapon is unacceptable. It's unacceptable to the United States, and it's unacceptable to nations we are working with in the United Nations to send a common message" to Tehran, said Bush.
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