All options against Iran must be prepared, says Israel Army Chief

“There should be no artificial limits, either in the sense of some kind of deadline, like ‘tomorrow or never’, or in the endless dragging out of the process,” Lavrov told Russian journalists in Singapore, Interfax news agency reported.
On Monday, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tehran had two weeks to respond seriously to a proposal made by the six powers or else face “punitive measures”.“I think such political statements, which some negotiating parties may hope will stimulate someone to do something, should really be weighed against reality,” Lavrov was quoted as saying on the sidelines of a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Under the proposal, Tehran would stop adding uranium-enriching centrifuges and in return face no further sanctions - the so-called “freeze-for-freeze” approach. Iran has rejected the offer.
The offer was made at a meeting of six countries - the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany - in Geneva on Saturday.
Washington accuses Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran denies the charge and says its nuclear programme is purely civilian.