US officials differ on Iran nuke claim
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Iran, which denies having an atomic bomb programme, dismissed the new accusation as a &quot;new lie&quot;. its latest report on Iran -- a charge denied by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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The US government on Friday defended Secretary of State Colin Powell&#39;s comments this week on Iranian missile projects, saying it has &quot;solid information to substantiate clandestine
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The United States narrowed differences with European allies Friday on how to pressure Iran to renounce the development of nuclear weapons, but it hasn't yet won agreement to haul the country before the U.N. Security Council, a U.S. official said.
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The top U.S. disarmament diplomat said  on Monday evidence pointed to an Iranian nuclear weapons  program, but that Washington wanted a diplomatic solution and  its ultimate goal was not to topple Tehran's government.
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Statements made by Iranian officials on Tuesday confirmed earlier reports that uranium enrichment processes had begun in Iran and that UN pressure would not divert Tehran from pursuing its nuclear program.
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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov 18  - The White House said Thursday that it could not verify an Iranian exile opposition group&#39;s charge that the Islamic republic was running a secret nuclear bomb facility near Tehran.
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Bush administration officials, in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, gave a one-sided view of the case for believing Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arms program that ignored the doubts of their own experts, the New York Times said on Saturday.
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The United States is looking for a reason to act against Iran amid accusations Tehran is secretly developing atomic weapons, Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said in remarks published on Tuesday.
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The Bush administration struggled Tuesday to explain what it knows about alleged Iranian interference in Iraq after the Pentagon's top general appeared to contradict a recently released military dossier on the subject.
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HAMISH ROBERTSON: Iran has dismissed as &quot;baseless&quot; the claim by the outgoing US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, that he&#39;d seen intelligence indicating that Iran &quot;had been actively working on delivery systems&quot; for a nuclear weapon.
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A new report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hardly lessens Western unease over Iran&#39;s possible nuclear intentions.
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WASHINGTON -- UN inspectors probing Iran's nuclear program angrily complained yesterday to the Bush administration and to a Republican congressman about a recent House panel report on Iran's capabilities, calling parts of the document ``outrageous and dishonest," and offering evidence to dispute its central claims.
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The United States is looking for a  reason to act against Iran amid accusations Tehran is secretly  developing atomic weapons, Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal  Kharrazi said in remarks published on Tuesday.
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VIENNA : The United States now realizes that it does not have the majority it needs at the UN nuclear watchdog to bring Iran before the UN Security Council over Tehran&#39;s alleged atomic weapons program, a US official told AFP.
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White House officials are playing down 'nefarious' evidence against Iran, and looking for a diplomatic solution.
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A history of official contact &#151; and near misses &#151; between U.S. and Iranian officials.
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A rift has surfaced between the United States and the European Union over how to deal with Iran over its suspected nuclear weapons programme.