DUBAI (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said her country has no plan for military action against Iran over its nuclear programme, in a television interview broadcast on Wednesday.
Obviously, we dont want Iran to become a nuclear weapons power, but we are not planning anything other than going for sanctions, she told Al-Arabiya television.
What we are focusing on is trying to change Iranian behaviour, and the international community has been united in trying to send a message to Iran that it is time for it to clarify its intentions, she said.
We want to try to get the strongest sanctions we can out of the United Nations Security Council ... mostly to influence their decision-making, said Hillary.
On Israels refusal to rule out the military option against Iran, she said, There are many countries in the region who are very worried about Irans actions.
And there may well be those who think, well, we have to do something to protect ourselves, said Hillary,
Meanwhile, Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in the Jordanian capital on Tuesday that Washington has not ruled out military action.
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