New U.S. audit questions efficacy of Iran sanctions
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The economic impact of U.S. sanctions against Iran is unclear and Iran has signed about $20 billion in energy contracts with foreign firms since 2003, said a U.S. audit report.
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The Bush administration might reconsider sanctions imposed on two Indian scientists for alleged nuclear cooperation with Iran if New Delhi offers "significant and convincing" proof they were not involved, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.
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TEHRAN -- Iranian officials said yesterday that any further UN Security Council sanctions on the country could jeopardize its recent decisions to grant international inspectors greater access to nuclear sites and disclose information about past activities.
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U.S. senators have launched a review of U.S. intelligence on Iran to try to avoid pitfalls that marked the path to the invasion of Iraq, the Los Angeles Times said.
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The US has announced sweeping sanctions against Iran.
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The United Nations atomic watchdog agency was set to hear a report on Iran Wednesday that could bring Tehran one step closer to a third round of UN sanctions against its nuclear programme.
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An Iranian rocket launch and reports that Iran is testing an advanced centrifuge are "deeply disturbing" and strengthen the case for a third U.N. sanctions resolution against Tehran, a top U.S. official said on Friday.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Thursday announced new economic sanctions against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Quds Force.
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Iran's statement that it may extend its  freeze on uranium enrichment to ease fears about its atomic  plans is an obvious ploy to prevent tough action by the U.N.  nuclear watchdog, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON - The United States and its European allies are preparing to impose their own broad military and economic sanctions against Iran if Russia and China balk at voting for a tough new resolution at the United Nations, according to US and European officials.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States and Britain are preparing drafts for a punishing new UN resolution against Iran that could impose sweeping travel bans on the country's top military and security officials, require inspections on its cargo flights and ships, forbid all import and export of arms shipments, and freeze the assets of major Iranian banks, according to US and ...
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Iran said on Saturday it was  surprised by proposed new sanctions over its nuclear program  and said major powers should have waited for the verdict of a  United Nations watchdog in March.
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LONDON - Iran has again escaped censure over its nuclear program, prompting the United States to warn it may take unilateral action against the Islamic regime at the UN Security Council, and in the form of sanctions.
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Major U.N. Security Council powers have agreed on an incremental increase in sanctions on Iran, including a new restriction on exporters doing business with the country, diplomats said Thursday.
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Russia's foreign minister cast new doubt   on whether the U.N. Security Council can reach a quick   consensus on punitive measures against Iran over its nuclear   program when he called sanctions a "dead end" on Friday.
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Some quotes about the new sanctions against Iran announced Thursday:
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog has held up a  new report on inspections in Iran while Tehran and the EU's  "big three" try to break a deadlock in talks aimed at freezing  Iran's uranium enrichment program, diplomats said on Friday.