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Bush says Iran remains a threat | |
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Iran remains a threat despite new intelligence saying it may not be building nuclear weapons, the US president says. | |
Mr Bush said an intelligence report released on Monday was a "warning sign" and his view that a nuclear Iran is a danger "hasn't changed". | |
Mr Bush stressed that Iran was still trying to enrich uranium and could restart its weapons programme. | |
Tehran has denied continued accusations that it is developing nuclear weapons. | Tehran has denied continued accusations that it is developing nuclear weapons. |
Mr Bush said the new National Intelligence Estimate was "an opportunity for us to rally the international community" to pressure the Iranian regime to suspend its efforts to enrich uranium - a key part of the process in making a nuclear bomb. | |
"Iran was dangerous, Iran is dangerous and Iran will be dangerous if they have the know-how to make a nuclear weapon," Mr Bush told a news conference. | |
Monday's report said with "high confidence" that it was believed that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons programme in 2003, but that it was continuing to enrich uranium. |