Iran Rejects US Nuke Claim
Monday, November 14th, 2005 by billFrom The Standard China
By Aliriza Ronaghi
Iran has dismissed fresh US allegations about its atomic ambitions as a bid to blight a crucial meeting of the United Nations nuclear watchdog later this month.
US officials said new evidence suggested Iran had made significant progress in what they call its secret pursuit of nuclear weapons, and that this strengthened the case for more international pressure on Teheran to end the program.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi rejected the allegations as an attempt to ratchet up pressure on Teheran.
“It is another fuss ahead of the IAEA board meeting to poison the board’s atmosphere,” he said Sunday.
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