Bush calls on Europe to press Iran over nuclear weapons

WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 30, 2003
President George W. Bush on Thursday called on Europe to press Iran to halt what he said were plans to develop nuclear weapons.

"The stated objective of Iran is the destruction of Israel," said Bush in a solo White House news conference.

"We've got to work in a collective way with other nations to remind Iran that, you know, they shouldn't develop a nuclear weapon," said Bush.

"It's going to require more than one voice saying that, however. It's going to require a collective effort of the Europeans, for example, to recognize the true threat of an armed Iran to achieving peace in the Middle East."

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