Deadline Nears for Iranian Response to Threatened Sanctions

(1 Aug 08 - RV) Tomorrow marks the deadline by which Iran must answer calls to rein in its nuclear activities or face further sanctions.

At a July 19 meeting in Geneva envoys from world powers gave Iran two weeks to answer calls to curb uranium enrichment.

In a shift of policy, U.S. diplomat William Burns joined other envoys for the meeting with an Iranian delegate.
This recent engagement with Iran by the U.S has caused concern in Israel and it has urged the Bush administration to stand firm on demanding Tehran abandon nuclear projects with bomb-making potential.
Mark Fitzpatrick is the Senior Fellow for non-proliferation International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

He told us more about the tensions between Israel and Iran.