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U.S. Presses Case Against Iran Ahead of Sanctions Vote

(New York Times) David E. Sanger - With a vote on new sanctions against Iran only days away, the Obama administration is making the case to members of the UN Security Council that Iran has revived elements of its program to design nuclear weapons that American intelligence agencies previously concluded had gone dormant. Classified intelligence briefings for foreign leaders "made the point that the Iranians are doing both dual-use research and some things that you can explain only by an interest in nuclear weapons," said a senior administration official. Asked whether the new findings constituted a rejection of the 2007 intelligence estimate, the official said it was not a reversal as much as an "evolution based on new information."
2010-06-08 10:55:51
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