US says Iran is still seeking nuclear arms

US Undersecretary of State Mr John Bolton said today Iran was clearly still pursuing efforts to acquire nuclear arms.

US Undersecretary of State Mr John Bolton said today Iran was clearly still pursuing efforts to acquire nuclear arms.

"There's no doubt in our mind that Iran continues to pursue a nuclear weapons programme," Mr Bolton told a security conference in Berlin.

"They have not yet, in our judgment, complied even with the commitments they made in October to suspend their uranium enrichment activities," he added.

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