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By Paula Wolfson
Washington
27 September 2009
Top Obama administration officials say Iran will come under extreme pressure to disclose its nuclear intentions when envoys1 from Tehran sit down on Thursday in Geneva with representatives of the United States and other world powers.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Iran will have to prove without a doubt that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. "We don't believe that they can present convincing evidence it is only for peaceful purposes. But we are going to put them to the test on October 1," she said.
She says the fact that Iran sought to hide the construction of a second uranium enrichment plant calls Tehran's claims into question.
Clinton told the CBS television program, "Face the Nation" that the world is looking for hard evidence from Iran. "Words are not enough," she said. "They are going to have to come and demonstrate clearly to the international community what they are up to."
The secretary of state acknowledged that some of the current sanctions in place on Iran are porous2. She said discussions are underway on how to make them broader and deeper.
In a series of Sunday morning television interviews, Secretary of Defense3 Robert Gates downplayed the notion of military action. He told ABC's "This Week" program he favors tough sanctions, if diplomacy4 fails. "Their economic problems are difficult enough that I think that severe sanctions would have the potential of bringing them to change their policies," he said.
On the "Fox News Sunday" program, California Democrat5 Diane Feinstein - Chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence - said Iran has a big choice to make. "I think this is the moment of decision for Iran," she said. "Iran can either make itself a pariah6 or it can recognize that it has much more to gain by eliminating any potential military aspect of a nuclear program."
Appearing on the same program, Missouri Republican Senator Kit7 Bond said that the time for enhanced sanctions is now. He said he has not seen anything that would convince him that Iran is about to change its behavior. And he pointed8 to Tehran's decision to test missiles on Sunday as a dramatic example. "Today's action in firing the missiles is really a poke9 in the eye to those who think that diplomatic efforts and agreements and inspections10 are going to change the way that Iran is going," he said.
An initial Iranian test on Sunday involved short-range missiles. A long-range missile test is expected on Monday.
1 envoys | |
使节( envoy的名词复数 ); 公使; 谈判代表; 使节身份 | |
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adj.可渗透的,多孔的 | |
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3 defense | |
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩 | |
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n.外交;外交手腕,交际手腕 | |
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5 democrat | |
n.民主主义者,民主人士;民主党党员 | |
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6 pariah | |
n.被社会抛弃者 | |
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7 kit | |
n.用具包,成套工具;随身携带物 | |
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adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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9 poke | |
n.刺,戳,袋;vt.拨开,刺,戳;vi.戳,刺,捅,搜索,伸出,行动散慢 | |
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n.检查( inspection的名词复数 );检验;视察;检阅 | |
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