The White House warned Monday that there was no doubt that Iran seeks atomic weapons, rebuffing the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency after he said there was no evidence for such a charge, reported AFP.
“This is a country that is enriching and reprocessing uranium and the reason that one does that is to lead towards a nuclear weapon,” spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters.
“We have put on the table for Iran a path for them to get a civil nuclear program. And all they have to do to get there is to suspend its enrichment of reprocessing of uranium and they can come to the table and we can have a further discussion,” said Perino.
“It’s the Iranians who have decided not to be at that table,” she said.
The United States has sharply escalated its rhetoric against the Islamic Republic, while slapping a new set of sanctions on its Revolutionary Guards, accused of spreading weapons of mass destruction, and its elite Quds Force, which was designated as a supporter of terrorism.