EU and US agree strategy over Iranian nuclear threat

EU and US leaders have agreed to increase pressure on Iran to stop its nuclear programme following last week’s decision to resume construction of centrifuges which are crucial to building a nuclear bomb.

The two powers, during their summit in Dromoland, were in broad agreement that Iran is posing an increasingly greater threat.

A senior Irish Government source said it was obvious that after Afghanistan and Iraq, Iran was next in the sights of the US.