Sun, May 22, 2005 - Page 7 News List

Iran still trying to build nukes: report

`DUAL-USE' MATERIALS Tehran is smuggling in items that are vital to building conventional and nuclear missiles, according to a senior diplomat and a dissident

AP , VIENNA

The revelations came as Iran's top nuclear negotiators prepared to meet early next week with the foreign ministers of France, Britain and Germany, acting on behalf of the 25-nation EU, for could be a last-ditch attempt to convince Tehran to agree to a long-term freeze of uranium enrichment activities.

The US wants UN Security Council action against Iran for what it says are nuclear weapons ambitions, and the Europeans have threatened to support such US calls if it resumes enrichment programs -- which Iran says it needs to generate power with, but Washington labels as part of plans to make weapons grade material.

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