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Weapons Claims Revive Calls for Action Against Iran

By Mike Shuster

Published June 20, 2007 at 1:00 PM PDT

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

Iran continues to make progress building its uranium enrichment facility as claims spread that the nation is sending conventional weapons to Iraq and Afghanistan that are being used against U.S. troops.

The Bush administration has been pursuing a diplomatic approach to the problem for a year, with little impact on Iran's behavior.

All of that is sparking new calls to consider military action against Iran.

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Mike Shuster

Mike Shuster is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent and roving foreign correspondent for NPR News. He is based at NPR West, in Culver City, CA. When not traveling outside the U.S., Shuster covers issues of nuclear non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and the Pacific Rim.

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