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Nuclear centrifuges - The Guardian was told Iran will soon have hidden its assets underground (Photo: Wikipedia)

US and France point to upcoming action on Iran

US President Barack Obama and French leader Nicolas Sarkozy have indicated that an upcoming UN report on Iran's alleged nuclear weapons programme could trigger new international action.

Speaking alongside Sarkozy in a briefing at the G20 summit in Cannes on Thursday (3 November), Obama said: "We had the opportunity to also talk about a range of security issues ... The IAEA [the UN's Vienna-based nuclear watchdog] is scheduled to release a report on Iran's nuclear program next week and P...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Nuclear centrifuges - The Guardian was told Iran will soon have hidden its assets underground (Photo: Wikipedia)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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