Western officials dismiss Iranian nuclear proposal
Iran's claims to be close to an agreement on its nuclear program have yet to be backed up by any concrete actions, top Western officials said Saturday, and US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said it may be time to take a "different tack" with Tehran.
US and European officials at a gathering of the world's top defense officials in Munich rejected statements from Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki late Friday that Tehran was "approaching a final agreement." Mottaki pointed out that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad earlier this week suggested he would at last agree to export a significant amount of uranium for processing, but western representatives remained skeptical. (AP)
