Bush Says Iran Will Not Get Nuclear Weapon

NUKEWARS

This 13 August 2004 DigitalGlobe satellite image recieved 16 September courtesy of the Institute for Science and International Security shows a view of facilities within Parchin, Iran which are possibly involved in nuclear weapons research. Iran denied Thursday that it had carried out any nuclear-related activity at the Parchin military site near Tehran as the United States suspects. 'We categorically deny any nuclear-related testing at Parchin,' a huge military complex 30 kilometres (19 miles) southeast of Tehran, Hossein Mousavian, head of Iran's delegation to a meeting of the UN atomic agency in Vienna, told AFP. A senior US official told AFP the United States was concerned about high-explosives testing in Parchin that may be nuclear-related and 'amounts to weapons intent'. AFP Photo Distribution

Crawford TX (AFP) Sep 26, 2004
US President George W. Bush says "all options are on the table" for making sure Iran dismantles its nuclear program, and that Washington will never let Tehran acquire atomic weapons.

"My hope is that we can solve this diplomatically," Bush said in a three-part interview with Fox News Channel's "O'Reilly Factor" program, excerpts of which were made public on Sunday.

"Let me try to solve it diplomatically first," said Bush. "All options are on the table, of course, in any situation. But diplomacy is the first option."

The Bush administration has charged that oil-rich Iran does not need a civilian nuclear program for energy and that Tehran is actually seeking to acquire nuclear weapons.

Asked whether the United States would let Iran develop that capability, Bush replied: "No, we've made it clear, our position is that they won't have a nuclear weapon."

"We are working our hearts out so that they don't develop a nuclear weapon, and the best way to do so is to continue to keep international pressure on them," the president said.

Iran appealed Sunday for a negotiated settlement to its standoff with the UN atomic energy watchdog but showed no inclination to abide by a resolution calling for an immediate halt to its sensitive nuclear activities.

"No negotiations with the Americans are on the agenda, but we call on the Europeans to discuss with us," foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters.

Iran is under threat of being hauled before the UN Security Council amid widespread suspicions it is seeking the capacity to develop nuclear weapons.

In a resolution passed on September 18, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) called on Iran to halt its uranium enrichment-related activities, a part of the nuclear fuel cycle that can be directed to both energy and weapons purposes.

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