Annan presses Iran on nuclear and Hezbollah issues

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan began talks today pressing Iran over two major issues – to help ensure a halt in weapons shipments to Tehran’s Lebanese ally Hezbollah and to compromise in its nuclear confrontation with the West.

His visit to Tehran comes two days after Iran failed to meet a UN deadline for suspending its enrichment o uranium, paving the way to possible sanctions against the Islamic republic, which the West fears is seeking to develop atomic weapons.