Israel Warns The World May Have A Nuclear Iran In A Few Months
Julie Farby - All Headline News Staff Writer Jerusalem, Israel (AHN)-In a call for sanctions against Iran, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Sunday that the world may have as little as "a few months" to avoid a nuclear Iran, telling CNN"s "Late Edition," "The crucial moment is not the day of the bomb. The crucial moment is the day in which Iran will master the enrichment, the knowledge of enrichment." Livni, whose country is the only Middle East power possessing nuclear weapons, said she did not want to identify a point of "No return" in the controversy over Iran's nuclear program, saying the Iranians "are trying to send a message that it's too late, you can stop your attempts because it's too late. It's not too late. They have a few more months." "The world cannot afford a nuclear Iran," Livni said. "I believe that this is time for sanctions." Meanwhile, Iran, whose president last year called for Israel to be "wiped off the map," denies it is seeking nuclear weapons. Livni said Israel would like to help strengthen the more moderate elements within the Palestinian Authority-such as President Mahmoud Abbas-at the expense of the militant Hamas movement, which swept to power after winning January elections. Livni called on the international community to unite to make Hamas take certain steps as a prelude to talks. She did not specify the steps, but did mention Israel's demand that Hamas release an Israeli soldie |
