And we've got a very good answer for that, and that is that we do not have confidence that Iran's program is exclusively for peaceful purposes and until we are confident, we don't want Iran to develop the most sensitive nuclear technologies.
Russian Security Council member Vladimir Nazarov says Moscow won't allow Iran to exploit Monday's talks.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the U.S. doesn't believe Iran has made the decision to produce atomic weapons.
"That means we won't lose and they (West) won't think Iran is a threat to the world, " he said.
But the Bush administration isn't talking to Iran about the situation in Iraq nor is it talking to Syria at a high level.
Livni doesn't actually think Iran is Israel's greatest challenge.
You don't tackle things like Iran, climate change, proliferation, BMD or cyber-threats on your own.
They've also offered Iran a package of diplomatic and economic incentives and Iran hasn't responded to that.
And Iran doesn't seem to be, given the rhetoric over the last few weeks, doesn't seem to be backing off from that.
Here's hoping that Portugal and Iran don't give them a lot more.
According to the report, Iran didn't reply or cooperate during the investigation.
Though experts say Iran couldn't interrupt oil flows for long, such a move would be even more painful to consumers if demand is rebounding.
Mr. Panetta and other top officials have privately sought assurances from Israeli leaders in recent weeks that they won't take military action against Iran.
Even though U.S. firms can't buy petroleum directly from Iran, 2.5 million barrels a day of Iranian oil find their way into the world market.
Iran didn't react to the release of the report, a copy of which was submitted to the government in January in accordance with U.N. protocol.
Two weeks before the IAEA released its report, the US State Department published its assessment that Iran won't have the wherewithal to develop a bomb until 2013.
Enter Murphy, who insists that Iran isn't subsidizing its growers.
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President Barack Obama, in an executive order signed Sunday, said that Iran's central bank was concealing transactions of sanctioned parties and that Iran wasn't making progress in halting money laundering.
Even if Iran doesn't follow through with its threat, the country is still likely to ship less oil to global markets because of the embargo, which is to take full effect on July 1.
U.S. and EU officials have said Iran hasn't formally responded to a request in October to return to talks with the international community, represented by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany.
Obama was pressed at the meeting about why he didn't use tougher rhetoric regarding Iran's nuclear program, which Tehran says is for peaceful purposes but the United States and other allies believe is intended for building a weapon.
Seemingly contradicting Mullen, Defense Secretary Robert Gates claimed that there is no reason to worry about all that uranium because Iran won't have a bomb for some time, given that the uranium it possesses is not sufficiently enriched to make a weapon.
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