December 13, 2011
Speaking at a joint news conference with British Foreign Secretary William Hague after a meeting at the State Department in Washington, Clinton said that “the path that Iran seems to be going down is a dangerous one for themselves and for the region.”
Last week, EU leaders called for more sanctions against Iran by the end of January in an effort to increase pressure on Tehran over its disputed nuclear program.
The U.S. and other governments suspect Iran of secretly trying to develop a nuclear weapons capability, a charge echoed in a recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Iranian officials insist their nuclear efforts are purely civilian.
Mounting tension between Tehran and London, fueled in large part by the nuclear dispute, led to the recentstorming of two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran by Iranian mobs and the mutual expulsion of diplomatic staff.
