EUROPEAN UNION'S FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF JAVIER SOLANA AFFIRMED IN AN INTERVIEW WITH A GERMAN NEWSPAPER THAT HE IS STILL SEARCHING FOR A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE DISPUTE OVER IRAN'S NUCLEAR RESEARCH. "I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT IRAN HAS NOT USED THE DEADLINE IT WAS GIVEN BY THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL IN THIS SERIOUS SITUATION," HE TOLD THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER BILD AM SONNTAG. THE NEWSPAPER RELEASED PART OF THE TEXT ON SATURDAY BEFORE PUBLICATION. "WE ARE STILL TRYING TO ACHIEVE A DIPLOMATIC RESOLUTION OF THIS. THE SECURITY COUNCIL MUST NOW ACT," SAID SOLANA, WHO HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MAIN PLAYERS IN WESTERN EFFORTS TO PREVENT IRANIAN ACQUIRING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY. THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) SAID FRIDAY THAT TEHERAN HAS FAILED TO HEED DEMANDS BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO SUSPEND URANIUM ENRICHMENT.
