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Powell hints at sanctions if Iran fails to prove it has no nuclear weapons program

BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer
AP Worldstream
06-21-2004
Dateline: WASHINGTON
Secretary of State Colin Powell hinted Monday that Iran faced the prospect of U.N. economic sanctions if it did not prove to the world it has no nuclear weapons.

Powell, after meeting with Mohamed ElBaradei, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said "the international community is expecting them to answer its questions and to respond fully."

In September, when the U.N. agency holds its next scheduled meeting, "judgments can be made as to what action might be appropriate," Powell said.

His statement followed an assertion in Tehran by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, that ...

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