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Article: Iran 'has halted its nuclear weapons programme'
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 4, 2007
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In a blow to Bush administration hawks demanding military strikes
on Iran, a US intelligence report reveals that Tehran's secret
nuclear weapons programme was shut down four years ago.
The finding which has come as a surprise to friends and foes of
the US concluded: "We do not know whether [Iran] currently intends
to develop nuclear weapons." That is in sharp contrast to an
intelligence report two years ago that stated Iran was "determined
to develop nuclear weapons".
US officials said the report showed that the Bush administration
was right to conclude that Tehran intends to develop nuclear weapons
in the long term. They also said that Iran was forced to end its
secret programme because of ...