European foreign ministers will meet in Germany to decide what action should be taken about Iran's decision to resume nuclear activities. Iran has ended a two-year suspension of nuclear fuel research, renewing concerns that the country is trying to build an atomic bomb. It says it has broken United Nations (UN) seals at a uranium enrichment plant in order to produce electricity. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw along with ministers from France and Germany, will hold talks in Berlin. British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he is aiming to get international agreement to refer Iran to the UN Security Council.
"We will discuss how we take this forward now but the decision by Iran is very serious indeed," he said. "I don't think there is any point in people, or us, hiding our deep dismay at what Iran has decided to do." He has told Parliament economic sanctions will be considered. "A reference to the Security Council is entirely in line with what the Atomic Energy Authority itself decided some time ago," he said. |