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Britain: No plans to attack Iran
(UPI Top Stories Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)British officials say they are not considering an attack on Iran and have no plans to discuss a military option, as has been reported in British media.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Defense said a Sunday Telegraph article was wrong in saying British defense officials would meet Monday to discuss what action to take if Iran attacked Iraq -- such as strategically bombing suspected Iranian nuclear plants.
Sky News reports both British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are pushing for diplomacy on the Iranian issue to continue.
Iran was warned last week by the U.N. Security Council to end uranium enrichment or face sanctions.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, has said because of the lack of Iranian cooperation, it cannot certify that Iran's nuclear program is not for designing weapons, instead of producing energy.
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