Iran nuclear move prompts international condemnation

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Updated February 8, 2010 13:41:04

Iran has heightened suspicions in the West that it plans to build a nuclear bomb. Iran has announced plans to produce a much higher grade of uranium - something that means it would need less uranium - and time - to produce a nuclear weapon. But the move has drawn immediate condemnation and new calls for sanctions.

Presenter: Anne Barker, Middle East correspondent
Speakers: Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran's Foreign Minister; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's President; John Kerry, US Democrat senator; Robert Gates, US Defense Secretary

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