British Official to Discuss Nukes in Iran
Posted on: Friday, 27 June 2003, 06:00 CDT
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will visit Iran early next week to express concern about the country's nuclear program, government officials said Friday.
Straw will urge President Mohammad Khatami and foreign minister Kamal Kharazzi to allow United Nations weapons inspectors greater access and to sign up to International Atomic Energy Agency protocols on weapons inspections.
Britain has echoed U.S. concerns that Iran may be using its civilian nuclear power program as cover to build an atomic bomb. Iran denies it is developing nuclear weapons.
Last week Straw warned that the 15-nation European Union would probably halt talks aimed at improving trade with Iran unless the country allowed more intrusive inspections of its nuclear facilities.
Both Britain and the United States severed diplomatic ties with Iran after the 1979 Islamic revolution, but Britain and Iran exchanged ambassadors in May 1999. This will be Straw's fourth trip to Tehran.
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