{"id":2792,"date":"2007-01-22T03:57:39","date_gmt":"2007-01-22T03:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/2792-iran-on-the-defensive-top-us-official"},"modified":"2023-01-12T21:11:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T20:11:21","slug":"iran-on-the-defensive-top-us-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-on-the-defensive-top-us-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran on the defensive: top US official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"burns-150\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-29854\" height=\"111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2006\/10\/burns-150.jpg\" width=\"150\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/burns-150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/burns-150-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Agence France Presse &#8211; The pressure exerted by the United States and the international community on Iran over its nuclear programme has put the Islamic republic on the defensive, a senior US official said Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Iran is no longer on the offensive but on the defensive and we have to keep it on the defensive,&quot; US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns said at the annual conference on the Balance of Israel&#8217;s national security in the town of Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Iran has to learn how to respect the power and the will of the international community,&quot; he said. <\/p>\n<p>Last month the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed its first resolution threatening concrete steps if Iran continues to develop its nuclear programme. <\/p>\n<p>Burns said that &quot;if by February 21 Iran does not suspend its nuclear activity in Natanz (its main nuclear research centre), it will face a second round of sanctions.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>Although very cautious on the possibility of the US taking military action against Iran, Burns said that &quot;we leave all options on the table, but we are seeking a diplomatic solution to these problems. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Iran has to make a choice if it is going to work with us or against all of us in the world today&#8230; we do not seek confrontation with Iran, but Iran has to expect that our countries (the US and Israel) and other countries will defend our interests,&quot; Burns said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agence France Presse &ndash; The pressure exerted by the United States and the international community on Iran over its nuclear programme has put the Islamic republic on the defensive, a [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-terrorism-a-fundamentalism"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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