Iran won't use oil as weapon in nuke row: Mottaki
Geneva, Mar 31: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said today that Tehran would not use oil as a weapon in the row over its nuclear programme.
''We're not going to use energy as a political leverage,'' Mottaki told reporters in Geneva, where he is on a two-day stay.
The world's major powers, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, told Iran yesterday it must heed a UN call to curb its nuclear programme or face isolation.
REUTERS
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Story first published: Friday, March 31, 2006, 17:00 [IST]