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P5+1 to discuss Iran nuclear issue in New York

The five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany will meet later this week to discuss Iran’s nuclear program.

The six countries, which are known as the P5+1 group, will meet in New York to hold discussions on whether to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.

“The P5+1 will reconvene in New York at the end of this week, and they will be exploring the kind and degree of sanctions that we should be pursuing,” US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters on her way to Hawaii on Monday.

The comments come one day after the commander of the US Central Command, General David Petraeus, made flippant remarks about contingency plans to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities.

The United States, Israel and some of their allies have accused Iran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear program.

After spearheading efforts to impose three rounds of unilateral sanctions against Iran, the US rallied its European allies — Britain, France and Germany — to coerce the UN Security Council to pressure Tehran to halt its uranium enrichment program.

However, as a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran has the right to develop and acquire nuclear technology meant for peaceful purposes.

In addition, the IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities but has never found any evidence showing that Iran’s civilian nuclear program has been diverted to nuclear weapons production.

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