Barack Urges Iran to Freeze Nuclear Program

Barack Obama hopes his words will change Iran's position on it's nuclear weapons program. BBC

White House hopeful Barack Obama has said Iran should not wait for the next US president to be elected before resolving its dispute with the West.

He was speaking during a joint press conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, on his world tour ahead of November's US elections.

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In Paris, the Illinois senator said Tehran should promptly accept an international call to freeze its "illicit nuclear programme".

Iran, he said, should not wait for the election of a new US president before accepting the proposals made by Mr Sarkozy and other Western leaders "because the pressure, I think, is only going to build".