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| German stance on Iran unchanged by NIE |
| 2008-01-16 |
| Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that Germany's stance toward Iran remains unchanged by a US intelligence assessment that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program five years ago. It is too early to say there is no threat, Merkel argued. She said last month's report, which concluded that Iran halted its nuclear weapons development program in 2003 and has not resumed it since, did not provide a signal to "give the all-clear and to say that Iran is only engaged in activities that we can all find right." She acknowledged that, as a result of the report, "the negotiations about the next (UN) resolution on sanctions weren't accelerated but slowed down a little bit." |
| Posted by:Fred |