WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday warned Iran that any pursuit of a nuclear weapons program is "futile," and said the United States is doing everything in its power to ensure that Tehran does not acquire an atomic bomb.

"Your pursuit is futile," Clinton said on the NBC television network's Meet the Press show.

"What we want to do is to send a message to whoever is making these decisions, that if you are pursuing nuclear weapons for the purpose of intimidating, of projecting your power, we're not going to let that happen."

AFP, July 26, 2009