Progress made on new Iran sanctions: U.S. official
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Major powers on Thursday made progress toward agreeing on new sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program and hope to have their U.N. ambassadors begin drafting a formal Security Council resolution next week, a senior U.S. official said.
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Iran's nuclear negotiator and the EU   foreign policy chief said on Sunday that they had made progress   in talks in the search for a compromise to avoid possible U.N.   sanctions over Tehran's atomic program.
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The United States expects the U.N.   Security Council to overcome Russian and Chinese misgivings and   approve sanctions on Iran, senior U.S. officials said on   Wednesday.
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Top diplomats from the world's major powers will try to reach agreement Saturday on new sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment. A U.S. official predicted the session would lead to a "substantive resolution."
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The Bush administration cautiously welcomed Iran&#039;s new willingness to negotiate over its disputed nuclear program on Tuesday, even as it intensifies efforts to use international trade and financial levers to pinch the clerical regime.
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The United States slapped new sanctions on Iran and accused its Revolutionary Guard of spreading weapons of mass destruction on Thursday, actions Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized as forcing Tehran into a corner over its nuclear program.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog on Wednesday put finishing touches on a report expected to confirm that Iran continues uranium enrichment activities, a finding that could trigger harsher U.N. Security Council sanctions against Tehran.
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The US has finally signed on to a European draft resolution imposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program and is optimistic it will quickly pass through the UN Security Council, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told AFP in an exclusive interview.
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The Bush administration does not plan to seek immediate sanctions against Tehran even if it succeeds in getting Iran's nuclear program referred to the U.N. Security Council, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
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The United States wants world powers to agree to a moderate tightening of U.N. sanctions against Iran because of its continued work on its nuclear program, the State Department said Monday.
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The U.N. nuclear monitor reported notable advances in Iran's uranium enrichment program Wednesday while warning for the first time that its knowledge of the country's nuclear activities was shrinking
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The U.N. nuclear agency on Thursday called Iran's cooperation with its investigation of past suspicious atomic activities "a significant step forward," in a report expected to hamper U.S.-led efforts for new sanctions on Tehran.
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LONDON  - Iran&#39;s suspension of uranium enrichment activity is a &quot;step in the right direction,&quot; UN watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said.
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A senior U.S. envoy on Monday welcomed progress at talks meant to defuse a standoff over Iran's nuclear defiance, but said the U.N. Security Council still intends to "move forward" toward sanctions if Tehran refuses to freeze uranium enrichment.
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Iran is "thumbing its nose" at the international community by expanding its uranium program, a top U.S. official said, setting the stage for difficult negotiations on new U.N. sanctions, with the U.S. likely to push for tougher measures.
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LONDON -- US and European diplomats prepared yesterday to consider possible new sanctions in the standoff over Iran's nuclear program, even as Iran's top nuclear negotiator again signaled that Tehran would be willing to engage in "constructive and logical" negotiations with the United States.
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President Bush said yesterday that the administration will press the United Nations to adopt new, expanded sanctions against Iran, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran would "never retreat even one step" from its nuclear enrichment program.