Thursday, April 03, 2008

China: No Iran intelligence went to IAEA

BEIJING - China denied Thursday that it had provided the International Atomic Energy Agency with intelligence linked to Iran's alleged attempts to make nuclear arms.

China opposes harsh U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran and has consistently watered down a U.S.-led push to impose severe penalties on Tehran for its nuclear defiance since the first set of sanctions was passed in late 2006.

An Associated Press report published Wednesday was "totally groundless and out of ulterior motives," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said. She did not give further details......

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