Britain to keep Iran sanctions pressure on

London: Britain will continue to press for fresh sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, despite a US intelligence report saying that it stopped a weapons programme in 2003.

Writing in the Financial Times newspaper, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said the country should not be afraid of “diplomacy with teeth'' as "the alternatives are all worse."

He added: "There will remain a lack of trust until Iran resolves issues about past activities and suspends its enrichment programme."

The US National Intelligence Estimate released Monday said Iran had stopped trying to build atomic weapons four years ago.