US Backs New Sanctions on Iran
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The Bush administration moved Wednesday to cement international support for new U.N. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programs and rebuked Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for declaring the issue "closed"
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President Bush said today that he would work to strengthen sanctions against Iran in the wake of a new report showing that the nation continues to defy U.N. demands to suspend its nuclear enrichment programs.
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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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VIENNA - Buoyed by growing European support, the United States is lobbying the United Nations atomic watchdog agency to haul Iran before the Security Council for refusing to freeze programmes that can produce nuclear weapons.
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The U.S. and its allies are reviewing a proposal that would commit the U.N. Security Council to hold off on new sanctions on Iran if the country stops further development of its uranium enrichment program, diplomats said Friday.
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Prominent senators from both parties praised the Bush administration's new sanctions on Iran, designed to contain the country's nuclear ambitions, but they differed over whether the administration's tough rhetoric is useful or a risky prelude to war.
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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said yesterday the United States wants UN sanctions imposed on Iran after the Bush administration concluded the country is on the verge of enriching enough uranium for four nuclear weapons.
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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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The Bush administration has begun mobilizing support for a third U.N. resolution that would impose tougher sanctions against Iran, as the top U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Baghdad said yesterday that one of the biggest and still unfolding surprises in Iraq has been the depth of Iran's...
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Buoyed by growing European support, the United States lobbied the UN atomic watchdog agency Monday to send Iran before the UN Security Council for refusing to freeze work that can produce nuclear weapons.
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WASHINGTON/VIENNA  - The United States on Tuesday said non-military measures can be effective against Iran's nuclear ambitions and called for a new round of tougher U.N. sanctions if Tehran fails to halt nuclear enrichment that could be used to produce weapons.
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Proposed new U.N. sanctions on  Iran over its nuclear program call for mandatory travel bans  and asset freezes for specific Iranian officials and vigilance  on all banks in Iran, according to a draft text.
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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 but Russian President Vladimir Putin said such moves only forced Tehran into a corner over its nuclear program.
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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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New US sanctions on Iran Thursday sent shockwaves through the 2008 White House race, in which Tehran's behavior is fanning foreign policy rows among saber-rattling Republicans and war-wary Democrats.
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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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WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States wants U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran after the Bush administration concluded the country is on the verge of enriching enough uranium for four nuclear weapons...