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Bush says Iran remains a threat | Bush says Iran remains a threat |
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Iran remains a threat to the world despite a new report saying the country 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 would be a danger "hasn't changed". | |
The president 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 (NIE) 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. | "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. |
Military option | |
Monday's report said with "high confidence" that it believed Iran had halted its nuclear weapons programme in 2003, but that it was continuing to enrich uranium. | |
The NIE overturned the previous view that Iran was pushing ahead with a nuclear weapons programme, which had led to UN Security Council and unilateral US sanctions against it. | |
Analysts say the intelligence will make it harder for proponents of military action against Iran to argue their case. | |
When asked if military action was a possibility, Mr Bush said: "The best diplomacy - effective diplomacy - is one in which all options are on the table." |