WASHINGTON: US secretary of defence Robert Gates said Tuesday that military action would not stop Iran's nuclear programme and would, instead, make it more "covert."
Gates told a conference that military action would offer only a "short-term solution" to the thorny issue of Iran's nuclear programme.
Western nations have accused Tehran of seeking to develop a nuclear weapon, something Iran vehemently denies.
It has refused global calls to rein in its suspect nuclear enrichment program and has been slapped with a series of UN and international sanctions.
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