Rice Meeting Blair on Iran Nuclear Program

Voice of America News:

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British leaders have discussed efforts to convince Iran to abandon its nuclear program. Ms. Rice is ending a weeklong tour of Central Asia and Europe with a stop in London for talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair Sunday.

She earlier visited Russia, where she failed to persuade Russian leaders to support efforts to bring Iran before the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions unless it stops nuclear fuel processing and returns to negotiations. READ MORE

Iran says it is willing to return to talks with the European Union, but will not suspend fuel work at its Isfahan plant.

The United States say Iran is secretly trying to develop nuclear weapons. Tehran says its nuclear program will only be used to generate electricity.

Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP.