(Guardian-UK) The U.S. will ask a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency on September 13 to declare Iran in breach of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, a prelude to seeking punitive UN sanctions. John Bolton, the U.S. undersecretary of state for arms control, says there is no doubt what Tehran is up to. "The U.S. and its allies must be willing to deploy more robust techniques" to halt nuclear proliferation, including "the disruption of procurement networks, sanctions, and other means," he said last year. Last month Bolton accused Iran of collaborating with North Korea on ballistic missiles.
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