No One Trusts Iran: Rice

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"Their problem is they can argue all they want about (what) their rights are. The problem is they've gotten into a situation in which nobody believes it is safe for them to exercise those rights, if indeed they have those rights," she said.

Washington (AFP) Sep 21, 2005
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stressed Iran's international isolation, saying no one trusts Tehran on nuclear issues, in an interview published Tuesday.

"Maybe the whole world is wrong and we should all trust them, but nobody does," Rice said in an interview published on Time Magazine's website.

She spoke mocklingly, according to Time, of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's assertion before the United Nations this week that Iran has an "inalienable right" to a nuclear energy program.

"Their problem is they can argue all they want about their rights are. The problem is they've gotten into a situation in which nobody believes it is safe for them to exercise those rights, if indeed they have those rights," she said.

With the EU's three main states pushing for Iran to be reported to the UN Security Council for "breaches" of international nuclear safeguards, Rice said the United States wants to see the largest possible consensus behind the move.

"We have the votes now, but the question is, do you have enough of a consensus to send the right kind of message," she said.

Britain, France and Germany on Tuesday distributed a draft resolution titled "Iran: Elements for an IAEA Board Resolution" to members of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) board of governors which is meeting in Vienna this week, according to a copy of the draft obtained by AFP.

The European trio and the United States are calling for Iran to be reported to the Security Council over potentially weapons-related nuclear fuel work and threatening to push for a vote if consensus at the 35-nation board can not be achieved, diplomats told AFP.

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EU Drafts Iranian Security Council Summons

Vienna (AFP) Sep 19, 2005
Europe's top three powers distributed a draft resolution at the UN atomic watchdog Monday calling for Iran to be reported to the UN Security Council this week over potentially weapons-related nuclear fuel work, diplomats told AFP.

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