Britain Still Hopes For Negotiated Solution Over Iran Nuclear Issue
Shaveta Bansal - All Headline News Staff Writer London, England (AHN) - Britain on Friday regretted Iran's failure to meet a U.N. Security Council deadline to freeze its nuclear work but said it still hopes for a negotiated solution to the standoff. The United Nations' nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency, on Thursday said that Tehran had failed to meet the Council's deadline to halt uranium enrichment. "I regret that Iran has not taken the steps required by the Security Council. I urge Iran once again to do so, which would allow negotiations to resume," British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said in a statement. Britain will talk to its allies about what to do next and expects further action by the Security Council, Beckett said. She expected an early meeting of officials from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States to discuss the next steps. The six countries proposed incentives to Tehran in June if it gave up enrichment or face sanctions in case of defiance. "Our goal remains a negotiated solution on the basis of the (six powers') far-reaching proposals of June," she said, referring to the major powers' offer of broad cooperation if Tehran halted uranium enrichment. The West accuses Iran of seeking to build atomic bombs, a charge Iran denies, saying its aim is to produce electricity.
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