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| US and EU issue new Iran warning |
| The EU and the US have threatened Iran with further sanctions unless it verifiably suspends nuclear enrichment
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 10-June-2008
8:27:41 AM |
| The measures were announced after US President George W Bush held talks in Slovenia, during what is expected to be his last official tour of Europe.
The "additional measures" would include "steps to ensure Iranian banks cannot... support proliferation and terrorism", said a joint statement.
Mr Bush said a nuclear-armed Iran would be "incredibly dangerous" to peace.
"They can either face isolation or they can have a better relationship with all of us if they verifiably suspend their nuclear enrichment programme," he said.
"They've ignored the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] in the past and therefore they can't be trusted with enrichment."
The US president was speaking during a joint news conference with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso after the leaders' summit at Brdo Castle.
Mr Bush will later travel to Germany, Italy, France, the Vatican and the UK.
Travel bans
The 5,000-word statement urged Tehran not to continue defying a demand from the UN Security Council to stop the enrichment of uranium as part of its nuclear programme.
"We will fully and effectively implement" the existing UN sanctions "and we are ready to supplement those sanctions with additional measures," said the statement.
"We will continue to work together... to take steps to ensure Iranian banks cannot abuse the international banking system to support proliferation and terrorism."
The UN Security Council has approved three rounds of sanctions against Iran. These include asset restrictions and travel bans on Iranian individuals and companies said to be involved in nuclear work.
The sanctions also ban the sale to Iran of so-called dual-use items, which can have either a military or civilian purpose.
As well as Iran, Mr Bush's talks with EU leaders have touched on Zimbabwe, climate change, trade and energy
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