{"id":9670,"date":"2011-01-12T09:18:56","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T09:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/statements\/nuclear\/9670-all-options-on-the-table-on-iran-gates"},"modified":"2023-01-13T20:11:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T19:11:14","slug":"all-options-on-the-table-on-iran-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/all-options-on-the-table-on-iran-gates\/","title":{"rendered":"All options on the table on Iran: Gates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"gates\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-30893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2007\/06\/gates.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"150\" style=\"margin: 5px;float: left\" \/>NCRI &#8211; The US is prepared for all options on the Iranian regime, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said on Tuesday during a visit to China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we say, all options are on the table and we prepare for all options,\u201d Gates said in an interview with Bloomberg Television.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Gates also met with Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie and said at a joint press conference that attempts to prevent the Iranian regime from obtaining nuclear weapons is part of bilateral cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bloomberg, Mr. Gates referred to the international sanctions against the Iranian regime and said sanctions are evidence of the international community\u2019s belief that pressure on the regime should continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; The US is prepared for all options on the Iranian regime, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said on Tuesday during a visit to China. &ldquo;As we say, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[175],"class_list":["post-9670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-nuclear","tag-updated"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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