Thwarted U.S. May Seek Lone Push on Iran Sanctions
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Iran escaped U.N. censure over its nuclear program but Washington, which accuses it of seeking an atomic bomb, said on Monday it reserved the right to take the case to the Security Council on its own.
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Bloomberg - June 27 (Bloomberg) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the U.S. and its European allies to delay pursuit of tougher sanctions on Iran while UN inspectors try to break the stalemate over the Islamic government&#39;s nuclear work.
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Itâs unclear whether Iran has withdrawn its demand that some of its technology be excluded from a freeze on nuclear enrichment activities.
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The United States warned Iran on Tuesday the international community would have no choice but to impose sanctions if it did not halt sensitive atomic work.
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IRAN yesterday froze sensitive nuclear work, including uranium enrichment, in a move likely to thwart United States efforts to report the Islamic state to the United Nations Security Council for possible sanctions.
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Iran's nuclear weapon program has become a pressing issue, even more so after North Korea joined the exclusive club. There have been a lot of hand-wringing, negotiations and threatening involving Iran. But no action. And any action seems unlikely or - at the most - ineffective. In this article I argue that economic sanctions even if imposed will not be effective in stopping Iran's nuclear program, and that military intervention is unlikely. Therefore Iran will join the nuclear club and it is only a matter of time.
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In approving far-reaching, new unilateral sanctions against Iran, President Bush signaled yesterday that he intends to pursue a strategy of gradually escalating financial, diplomatic and political pressure on Tehran, aimed not at starting a new war in the Middle East, his advisers said, but at...
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Iran may be dueling with Washington over its nuclear ambitions, but when the country desperately needed corn last month, it turned to the United States.
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Iran has rejected a UN resolution calling on the country to freeze uranium enrichment activities. It has also threatened to stop snap checks of its atomic facilities if Iran&#39;s case is referred to the UN Security Council.
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Six world powers will meet early next week in a bid to defuse the nuclear crisis with Iran, while the United States and its allies seek stiffer UN sanctions, US officials said Thursday.
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The secretary of state said the United States might suspend efforts to impose sanctions if Iran suspended uranium enrichment.
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VIENNA, Sept 14  - The United States appeared to falter Tuesday in its push for a hard line over Iran&#39;s alleged nuclear weapons program as a meeting of the UN atomic agency was suspended for further talks.
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Sanctions the U.S. is seeking could start with restrictions on IranÂs imports of nuclear material, but the plan faces a high hurdle at the U.N.
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Experts say that there may not be a legal basis for trying to block President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran from going to ground zero during his visit to the United Nations next week.
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Senior U.S. officials will consult allies in Europe next week on ways to intensify pressure on Iran amid suspicions Tehran is trying to evade sanctions by concealing the origin of financial transactions.
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Iran suspended sensitive nuclear work yesterday in the hope of averting a referral to the United Nations Security Council for possible sanctions over fears that it is seeking to develop a nuclear bomb.
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Aug. 31 is the deadline for Tehran to stop enriching uranium, but the US probably won't urge swift sanctions.