US energy secretary says pipeline could help Iran build bomb

NEW DELHI (AFP) – US Energy Secretary
Samuel Bodman has called for the planned
Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline to be abandoned, saying it could help Iran build nuclear weapons, according to a report on Friday.

“There have been talks among Iran, India and other countries about finding ways of developing Iran’s oil and gas assets,” Bodman was quoted by the Hindu newspaper as saying.


“If that is allowed to go forward, in our judgment, this will contribute to the development of nuclear weapons,” Bodman told reporters, the Hindu said.

“We need to stop this,” Bodman said after attending a discussion on “Indo-US Nuclear Cooperation” organised by a business group in Mumbai, India’s financial capital.

AFP