PARIS -- France's foreign minister says Iran appears on track to
reach the ability to produce a nuclear weapon by the first half of next
year.
Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to a gathering at the University
of Havana in Cuba. The White House says it is prepared to talk
one-on-one with Iran to find a diplomatic settlement to the impasse over
Tehran's reported pursuit of nuclear weapons, but there's no agreement
now to meet.
France is one of six countries that have negotiated with Tehran over its nuclear program, which Iran insists is peaceful.
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told Europe-1 radio Sunday that unspecified experts "have established in an absolutely indisputable way" that Iran has compiled a full array of centrifuges that "apparently will allow the ability to go toward possession of the nuclear weapon by the first half of next year, the end of the first half." He did not elaborate.
Western nations fear Iran may turn its uranium enrichment program toward making weapons, a growing concern as Tehran expands the number of machines it uses to enrich uranium.
Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to a gathering at the University
of Havana in Cuba. The White House says it is prepared to talk
one-on-one with Iran to find a diplomatic settlement to the impasse over
Tehran's reported pursuit of nuclear weapons, but there's no agreement
now to meet. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told Europe-1 radio Sunday that unspecified experts "have established in an absolutely indisputable way" that Iran has compiled a full array of centrifuges that "apparently will allow the ability to go toward possession of the nuclear weapon by the first half of next year, the end of the first half." He did not elaborate.
Western nations fear Iran may turn its uranium enrichment program toward making weapons, a growing concern as Tehran expands the number of machines it uses to enrich uranium.
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