Bush backs Iran nuke pledge

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Bush backs Iran nuke pledge
Wednesday, October 22, 2003 Posted: 8:01 AM EDT (1201 GMT)



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(CNN) -- U.S. President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell while praising Iran's decision to allow tougher U.N. inspections of its nuclear facilities and to suspend its uranium enrichment program, have urged Tehran to follow through with action.

Dr. Hassan Rowhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, made the announcement of the moves on Tuesday after meeting with French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin, German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.

Rowhani said Iran would cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and is voluntarily making the moves to "promote international good will, create stability, and put an end to tensions."

President Bush praised the work of the European leaders "for taking a very strong, universal message to the Iranians that they should disarm."
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I see US and Iran going in circles :bounce:

[Rhiannon12866]

1. I do, too, more's the pity

At least the U.S. is not taking the lead in this or we could end up with a mess like with Iraq only a hundred times worse. Just ask Saddam (if they ever find him) what it's like to take on such a relentless and populous nation. The only way he managed to survive the Iran-Iraq war at all was with aid and weapons from the Reagan and Bush Sr. administrations and, even then, it took years and there are huge mass graves. With France, Germany and Britain taking the lead in this, hopefully cooler heads and a common-sense approach will prevail.:shrug: