More White House bluster on Iran’s nuclear program

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs has declared that the United States’ “time and patience is running out” over Iran’s nuclear program.

Gibbs said that Iran will face “consequences” if it continues uranium enrichment, AFP reported on Tuesday.

Recent pronouncements by Iranian leaders showed “they have no interest in building international confidence that their nuclear program is for peaceful means,” he added.

The US is making such accusations even though the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has conducted numerous inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities and has found no evidence of the diversion of nuclear material to a weapons program.

In addition, Iran has stated on several occasions that it will continue its cooperation with the IAEA.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Tuesday that Tehran has sent a letter to the IAEA to announce its readiness to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog to obtain nuclear fuel for the Tehran research reactor.

Tehran has repeatedly declared that it will never relinquish the Iranian nation’s legitimate nuclear rights, no matter how much pressure the West imposes on the country.