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Monday, July 13, 2009

Obama: We won’t ‘wait indefinitely’ on Iran

JTA
President Obama said the international community is "not going to just wait indefinitely and allow for the development of a nuclear weapon" by Iran.

Speaking at a news conference in Italy on Friday at the conclusion of the G-8 summit, Obama said that the leaders of the eight economic powers agreeed to "re-evaluate Iran's posture towards negotiating the cessation of a nuclear weapons policy" at the G-20 meeting in September, specifically noting that the agreement "provides a timeframe" for Iran.

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