Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has reiterated that the U.S. will consider attacking Iran to stop its nuclear program. In an interview with a German newspaper Rumsfeld said, “All options including the military one are on the table.” Over the weekend the conflict between the western powers and Iran intensified as Iran pledged to stop voluntarily complying with orders of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Iran said it will no longer allow surprise inspections and that it will resume its uranium enrichment. However Iran also said it is willing to consider moving its uranium enrichment activities onto Russian soil in an effort to end international suspicions over its nuclear activity. Iran maintains it is operating a nuclear program for purely peaceful means but the U.S. and other nations claims Iran is secretly building a nuclear weapons program.