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    'Onus on Iran' to prove nuclear intentions: UN chief

    UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged Tehran to halt its nuclear programme and to resume talks with Western powers, saying that the onus is on Iran to prove its good intentions.

    "There is no other alternative to addressing this crisis than peaceful resolution through dialogue," said Ban the sidelines of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting at the Swiss ski resort of Davos.

    Ban's comments came after Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted Tehran was not dodging negotiations and was ready to sit down with world powers -- Britain China, France, Russia, the United States, and Germany for talks.

    The six world powers are waiting for Tehran to reply to an October letter sent by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton that stresses that discussions should focus on the "key question" of the Iranian nuclear issue.

    Previous talks held a year ago in Istanbul ended without progress.

    "Iran should comply with the relevant Security Council resolutions. They have to prove themselves, that their nuclear development programme is genuinely for peaceful purposes which they have not done yet," Ban said.

    "The onus is on the Iranian side," added the UN secretary general.

    The UN chief said he was "deeply concerned" by a recent IAEA report which found that Tehran's programme may include a military dimension. The UN atomic watchdog will try to check this during a January 29-31 visit to Iran.

     

    15 comments

    • kenneth  •  Boston, Massachusetts  •  26 days ago
      the un meet in the swiss alps at a ski resort what the f $%# the united states needs to get out of the UN WHO FUNDS THIS #$%$
    • Country Commentator  •  Union City, Tennessee  •  26 days ago
      Iran's regime was founded on breaking international law by taking hundreds of American diplomats hostage. It's been going downhill ever since.
    • david  •  Lexington, Kentucky  •  26 days ago
      We should send in the Navy Seals to rescue Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani who was convicted in 2010 to hang for being a Christian and the Christian children who were arrested on Christmas day in iran.
    • TruthTeller  •  Albany, New York  •  26 days ago
      The UN?? What a friggin' joke. They are the political equivalent of mast urbation. They look busy, but get nothing accomplished. They come up with rulings and issue notices and resolutions that carry no weight whatsoever. Just ask Israel, who uses UN resolutions as toilet paper, and rightly so.
    • rogerleolafontaine  •  Zelienople, Pennsylvania  •  27 days ago
      Ignore what Veraci said. It's just nonsense. But the pt. is that Iran must now somehow prove its' 'intentions'. In other words 'What are they thinking? Could they possibly be thinking something bad? Oh no, we'll have to bomb them because there's no way to tell if they're not thinking something evil'. The operative word here is 'may'. 'Tehran's program may include a military dimension'. It may, or it may not. Anything is possible. Mexico may, Canada may, Mars may... the list is endless.
    • Khalid  •  27 days ago
      What are u talking #$%$ UN chief?If you make some accusations against someone it's upon you to prove it.
    • Don't Believe em  •  26 days ago
      "How fortunate for Governments that the people they administer don't think" --- Adolph Hitler

      Are we done talking about Libya? We got their central bank? What about Iraq? Ahhh, we got all their stuff too, now yahoo does story after story about Iran - suddenly we need to go to war and they are the current pariah! Is it possible the purposes we have for going from war to war to war are nefarious? And yahoo feeds the propaganda machine, another attempt to demonize, to give a reason to keep the bombs dropping - a constant state of war, with no reasonable leaders with any good ideas, just threats, bombs and conquest! Sad!

      You have had it with Iran? What have you had?- An earfull of propaganda. The arrogance of our Government, goodness. Why do we have such high moral ground to have all the weapons, but no one else is allowed? It is called world domination, sheeple, that is all that our banks (I mean Government) cares about. Your interests were sold a long time ago.

      Warmongers; your Government has you right where they want you. Media is a powerful tool over the people....I Take these words LITERALLY when it comes to the sneaky media of ours: BELIEVE NONE OF WHAT YOU HEAR AND HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE. Mind our own business, the rest of the world will never be like us!...You all are so manipulated..if not for your media, what would you know about Iran??? Keep being hateful towards certain countries, that is what they want from you..........

      See, former president Eisenhower warned about these exact things in his farewell address- Beware of the 'Military Industrial Complex'. (His two and a half minute call to the people to recognize this important issue is easily found on youtube, for those of you who are unaware of this speech from a former powerful General in wartime, it is and was a very important point, directly related to us now, and even in previous decades...Very poignant and true!). Easy to find it, as it was on national TV, even then. His warning was not heeded, but its a sealed deal now. This WILL ruin our country. 900 military bases around the world! I wonder why? Does anyone else even consider that this could be because we have a need to control the rest of the world, to make them like we think they should be?
      Think about that, sheeple. Conquest and glory to the USA!! Just like every other huge empire from history!!!! This is child's play. At least recognize it!

      "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it"
      --- George Bernard Shaw
    • Chris Perron  •  26 days ago
      Hey UN that's not how it works.
      The US has to have doubtless justification that the country of Iran is indeed pursuing any form of nuclear program meant for nuclear weapons.
    • SerenaB  •  26 days ago
      I was not sure that UN was running by comedians. Any hoodlum with monkey brain can join them. Do they get paid by bananas? How dumb do you have to be to kiss stinking butts?
    • veraci  •  Dallas, Texas  •  27 days ago
      Jewws do not accept Jesus as their Messiah so God will send them a False Messiah as a final punishment. The ANTICHRIST SYSTEM.
    • jim  •  27 days ago
      afp the jews propaganda . you go iran protect your selfs fro the terrrorist state of israel
    • myob  •  26 days ago
      Change the "O" to an "A" and you have the correct description of Iran.
    • Dave  •  Derry, New Hampshire  •  26 days ago
      Lets just tell the UN to pack up and leave the US. It is nothing but a Sham. US out of UN!!
    • Jordy  •  26 days ago
      If Iran really wants nuclear weapons Russia or China will sell them to them. It's not brain surgery...USA pigs must die...and soon
    • donnie d  •  26 days ago
      if IRAN wants nukes they can have nukes..no one can stop them..hopefully they wont get nukes but if they do then so what?? bottom line is you like or dont like IRAN but they havent done anything wrong(as of yet)...untill they do something wrong this embargo is wrong..
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