Bush warns Tehran over nuclear weapons programme
US President George Bush today said Iran has responded with defiance and delay to demands to stop enriching uranium and said “there must be consequences” for Tehran.
Bush put the nuclear stand-off with Iran in a larger context, saying the violence in Lebanon this summer makes Tehran’s designs on the world stage clear.
He blamed Iran for supporting the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, for helping to destabilise Iraq by sponsoring insurgents and supplying components for improvised explosive devices, and for denying basic human rights to millions of its own people.
“The world now faces a grave threat from the radical regime in Iran,” the president said.
“We know the depth of suffering that Iran’s sponsorship of terrorists has brought. And we can imagine how much worse it would be if Iran were allowed to acquire nuclear weapons.” Bush delivered his starkest threat yet to Tehran.
“There must be consequences for Iran’s defiance,” he said, “and we must not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapons.”
Thursday was the deadline for Iran to heed the UN Security Council demand to stop enrichment.
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