Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Diplomacy With Teeth! Rice swipes at IAEA, urges bold action on Iran


"SHANNON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice scolded the U.N.'s atomic watchdog agency on Wednesday over its Iran strategy and called for diplomacy with "teeth" to end Tehran's nuclear plans.

While repeating the U.S. stand that "all options" remained on the table -- a reference to military action against Tehran -- Rice sought to ease fresh concerns over talk of war.

"The diplomatic track can work but it has to work both with a set of incentives and a set of teeth," she said.

The United States has criticized a deal International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei has made with Iran to answer long-standing questions about its nuclear activities......"

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