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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8884

9 February 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/iran/nuclear
Teheran denies wanting nuclear weapons

Brussels, 08/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - The day before the third session of in camera talks between European and Iranian experts in Geneva this week (see EUROPE of 8 February, p.5), Iranian Defence Minister Ali Chamkhani asserted on Monday that Iran was not seeking to avail itself of nuclear weapons. “Within the current framework for balancing international forces, the possession of nuclear weapons would be harmful for Iran”, Mr Chamkhani said, cited by the Irna agency. “The problem is...

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