Iranian Nuclear Threat Persists, Israel Says

Iran remains a threat to the Middle East and the international community, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday, urging him not to rule out any option for addressing Tehran’s suspected nuclear weapons ambitions, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, March 21).

Iran “is endangering the stability of the region and the entire world,” Barak told Cheney last night, according to a statement released by the defense minister’s office.

The vice president was expected to have breakfast today with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (Deb Riechmann, Associated Press/Charleston Daily Mail, March 24).  Cheney traveled to Turkey today for a planned meeting with President Abdullah Gul and other officials, Agence France-Presse reported (Agence France-Presse/Google News, March 24).

Back to top
About Newswire  |  Contact National Journal  |  Re-Use Guidelines © Copyright 2008 by National Journal Group, Inc. The material in this section is produced independently for NTI by National Journal Group, Inc. Any reproduction or retransmission, in whole or in part, is a violation of federal law and is strictly prohibited without the consent of the National Journal Group, Inc. All rights reserved.