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    UN chief says onus is on Iran in nuclear dispute

    Associated Press – Fri, Jan 27, 2012

    DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon urged a resumption of dialogue between Western powers and Iran on their nuclear dispute Friday, and said Tehran must comply with Security Council resolutions and prove conclusively that its nuclear development program is not directed to making arms.

    "The onus is on Iran," said Ban, speaking here at a press conference during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.

    "They have to prove themselves that their nuclear development program is genuinely for peaceful purposes, which they have not done yet." he said.

    Ban expressed concern at the most recent report of the International Atomic Energy Agency that strongly suggested that Iran nuclear program, which it long has claimed is for development of power generation, has a military intent.

    In spite of his tough words to Iran, Ban said that dialogue with the "three-plus-three" — Germany, France and Britain plus Russia, China and the United States — is the path forward.

    "There is no other alternative for addressing this crisis than peaceful ... resolution through dialogue," said Ban.

    Ban noted that there have been a total of five Security Council resolutions so far on the Iranian nuclear program, four calling for sanctions.

    As tensions have been on the rise recently, some political leaders in Israel and the United States have been speaking increasingly of the possibility of a military strike to eliminate, or at least slow down, what they allege is a determined effort by Iran to obtain nuclear weapons.

     

    9 comments

    • Andrey
      Andrey  •  Moscow, Russia  •  4 mths ago
      Errr. What happened to the "not guilty unless proven otherwise"?
    • mo daddy
      mo daddy  •  4 mths ago
      How about we get rid of the Nukes in the WORLD there Problem SOLVED!! If a country wants to power their country by means of Nuclear power then what is wrong with that ?? What the UN wants people to be stuck in the stone age...So when a country has to go broke to keep their lights on..the UN can step in and feed the poor so they can look like the Hero Instead of the PROBLEM!!
    • Somerset Sam
      Somerset Sam  •  Newark, New Jersey  •  4 mths ago
      The world is unsafe and unstable..due to UN Security Council members (US, UK, France, Russia, China) who manufacture the WMD, stock pile them and sell the technology to other nations..for PROFIT. Then if another nation develops the A bomb, then they make noise about "threat to world peace" and invade that Country. UN.. is gutter of filthy politics..!
    • Sanger
      Sanger  •  4 mths ago
      How can you prove a negative. IAEA has been and at the present is in every nuclear facility Iran has.
    • kevin
      kevin  •  4 mths ago
      the LAST thing this world needs is more nuclear weapons
    • Sanger
      Sanger  •  4 mths ago
      The west already knows Iran does not have nuclear weapons, what the west is after is to learn more about Iran's military defences so they can destroy them and bring Iran to its knees.
    • Sanger
      Sanger  •  4 mths ago
      What the world needs is to get rid of nuclear weapons.
    • oldgoalie
      oldgoalie  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  4 mths ago
      The last thing the world needs is iran with nuclear weapons!!
    • Mark
      Mark  •  Ocala, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      Can we cut through the red tape here? Iran is not interested in talks about anything. Just buying time while they sabre rattle and disrupt the oil market
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