Talk to Iran, President Bush
International Herald Tribune
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2006
The undersigned, a group of former foreign ministers from Europe and North America, find disturbing the reports that the Bush administration may be actively planning to launch military strikes soon against possible nuclear weapons facilities in Iran.Such reports, though denied by the administration, raise alarms nevertheless. Similar reports, and similar denials, preceded the administration's decision in 2003 to invade Iraq.We accept Iran's legitimate right to pursue civilian nuclear power with appropriate international safeguards.European leaders have made strenuous efforts to negotiate a solution that met Iran's energy development needs while ensuring respect for nonproliferation norms. Unfortunately, Iran's government continues to resist accepting verifiable constraints on its development of all elements of the nuclear fuel cycle, including large-scale uranium enrichment facilities that could be used to manufacture fuel for nuclear weapons. รข€¦
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