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Cheney: Stronger Action If Iran Doesn't Meet International
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Dow Jones Newswires
03/13/05 - - NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday that if Iran doesn't live up to its "international obligations to forego a nuclear program, then obviously we'll have to take stronger action."
Cheney made the comment in an interview with Fox News on the same day the U.S.-backed economic incentives that three European nations want to offer Iran in exchange for giving up any nuclear weapons ambitions.
Cheney told Fox News that Iran doesn't need an "enrichment process." He said the U.S. is concerned the Iranians want an "enrichment process so that they can enrich fuel far beyond what's required for a civilian reactor to levels that would give them the capability to build a weapon."
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had urged Tehran to take advantage of the opportunity. Part of the agreement with the U.S., the U.K., France and Germany is that Iran could face U.N. Security Council sanctions if it doesn't meet its international commitments.
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