Iran denounced the United States on Monday for contemplating possible nuclear strikes against Iranian targets and urged the United Nations to take urgent action against what it called a dangerous violation of international law. In a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan obtained by The Associated Press, Iran’s U.N. Ambassador Javad Zarif called President Bush’s refusal to rule out a U.S. nuclear strike on Iran and a similar follow-up statement by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice “illegal and insolent threats.” Full Story