U.S. Envoy Says Iran Is Arming Taliban

U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns arrives at the Greek Premier's office in Athens on Monday, June 11, 2007. Burns, former US ambassador to Greece, after his two day visit in Athens will travel to Paris and Iceland to join commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the Marshall Plan. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) (Thanassis Stavrakis - AP)

PARIS -- A senior U.S. diplomat accused Iran on Tuesday of transferring weapons to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, where NATO forces are deployed to bring stability to the country.

Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, speaking to reporters in Paris, said Iran was funding insurrections across the Middle East _ and "Iran is now even transferring arms to the Taliban in Afghanistan." The comments marked the most direct accusation yet on the issue by a senior American official.