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Gates says all options on table for Iran Kristin Roberts U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday all options for dealing with Iran must remain open and called for international pressure and tougher sanctions to curb Tehran's nuclear aspirations. "With a government of this nature, only a united front of nations will be able to exert enough pressure to make Iran abandon its nuclear aspirations -- a source of great anxiety and instability in the region," Gates said in speech to the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs. "Our allies must work together on robust, far-reaching, and strongly enforced economic sanctions," he said, also noting a need for political and diplomatic pressure.
"And, as President (George W.) Bush has said, with this regime, we must also keep all options on the table," said Gates in comments prepared for delivery to the nonprofit group that advocates a link between U.S. and Israeli security interests. The United States and other Western nations fear Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a peaceful nuclear energy program. Iran denies it wants nuclear weapons.
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