Iran: Nuke Agency Must Remove Cameras
Demands Come After IAEA Referred Iran To U.N. Security Council
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Play CBS Video Video Iran Nuclear Program Showdown Following the International Atomic Energy Agency's vote to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council, the country responded by barring weapon inspectors from its nuclear plants. Richard Roth reports.
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad attends a ceremony for Iran's 13th world prize for the book of the year, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Feb. 6, 2006. (AP)
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Iranian deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi leaves the 42nd International Conference on Security Policy in Munich, Germany, on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006. (AP)
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In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was still hopeful that Iran will take confidence-building measures with the IAEA.
"It's not the end of the road," Annan said of the Security Council referral. "I hope that in between, Iran will take steps that will help create an environment and confidence-building measures that will bring the partners back to the negotiating table."
In his brief report, ElBaradei cited E. Khalilipour, vice president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, as saying: "From the date of this letter, all voluntarily suspended non-legally binding measures including the provisions of the Additional Protocol and even beyond that will be suspended."
Calling on the agency to sharply reduce the number of inspectors in Iran, Khalilipour added: "All the Agency's containment and surveillance measures which were in place beyond the normal Agency safeguards measures should be removed by mid-February 2006."
Earlier, Russia's foreign minister warned against threatening Iran over its nuclear program after Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld reportedly agreed with a German interviewer that all options, including military response, remained on the table.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called for talks to continue with Tehran, adding: "I think that at the current stage, it is important not to make guesses about what will happen and even more important not to make threats."
Lavrov said the use of force would be possible only if the United Nations consented.
Rumsfeld, in an interview with the German daily newspaper Handelsblatt, was asked if all options, including the military one, were on the table with Iran.
"That's right," Rumsfeld responded, according to Handelsblatt's print edition Monday.
In Norway, China's foreign minister urged continued diplomatic efforts to resolve the standoff.
"A diplomatic solution serves the common interest," Li Zhaoxing said during an official visit. "We are still working on our Iranian colleagues to cherish negotiations."
However, Li warned that time was "already pressing" for efforts to resolve the dispute before it reaches the Security Council.
Li declined to stay whether China would support sanctions against Iran.
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