The Pentagon said on Tuesday that the United States wanted a United Nations Security Council resolution “within weeks” to tackle Iran’s nuclear program as Iran said it had begun making higher-grade nuclear fuel.
The Islamic Republic, which denies its program has military aims, defied the international community by announcing on Sunday that it would enrich uranium to 20-percent purity for a Tehran reactor making medical isotopes for cancer patients.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Fox News: “I think it’s going to take some period of time – I would say weeks, not months – to see if we can’t get another UN Security Council resolution,” according to the transcript of his interview.
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