Washington: Former Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice says the US should consider even tougher
penalties against Iran's government and "be doing everything
we can to bring it down."
Rice tells ABC television's "This Week" that the US
should never take the option of military force off the table
when it comes to dealing with Iran.
She says the current Iranian government is trying to
obtain a nuclear weapon and has repressed its own people. Rice
says "the regime has absolutely no legitimacy left."
Diplomats have said that the UN
atomic agency plans to disclose intelligence this coming week
suggesting that Iran made computer models of a nuclear
warhead.
Iran says its nuclear programme is only for peaceful aims
such as energy production.
PTI
First Published: Monday, November 07, 2011, 00:35