09 August 2007
The US Treasury's top anti-terrorism official, Stuart Levey, is visiting Israel to discuss Iran's disputed nuclear program with the Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni. Tzipi and Levey, the US Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, will discuss a push for more international sanctions on Iran, according to Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Mark Regev.
"Israel supports a hardening of sanctions already imposed" on the Islamic republic, Regev said. "Diplomacy must be firm and speak with one voice in order to succeed. The Tehran regime must understand that business as usual cannot continue while it is pursuing its nuclear program."
Meanwhile, the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has repeated that Tehran will not negotiate with countries that refuse it the right to nuclear energy. During a state visit to Algeria he said "Iran cannot talk to countries which do not recognize its right to produce nuclear energy for peaceful means".
In a hard-hitting new attack on Israel, the Iranian leader also said that "the whole of humankind today has been bruised by crimes perpetrated by Zionists in Palestine, in Lebanon, and in the whole world. Our support for the Palestinian people is unconditional. As for the Israelis, let them go find somewhere else to live".
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