Increased tension ahead of UN report on Iranian nuclear program

Tensions have risen ahead of a key report on Iran by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has criticized the head of the U.N.'s nuclear agency as an American pawn in the run-up to its expected release of evidence which purports to document Tehran's nuclear weapons program. Israel, meanwhile, has warned of the possibility of military action to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

The vice-president of the UK branch of Pax Christi, Bruce Kent, said violence was not the solution: