BRUSSELS: Iran faces a "stark choice," US Vice President Joe Biden told EU lawmakers Thursday, to scrap its nuclear program or face "further consequences" and increased isolation.
"Iran’s nuclear program violates its obligation and… the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and risks sparking a nuclear arms race in the Middle East," said Biden, at the start of a European tour.
"Iran faces a stark choice, abide by international rules and rejoin the community of nations or face further consequences and increased isolation," Biden warned, as Washington leads efforts to impose further UN sanctions against Tehran.
Wouldn’t it be "ironic," the Democratic vice-president asked, if the world saw the Iron Curtain fall with the end of the Soviet Union only for a new arms race to emerge "in some of the most unstable parts of the world.
"That would be an irony that our children, our grandchildren and our great-grandchildren would not forgive us, in my view, to allow to come to pass," he added.
