More Iran sanctions not before September: diplomats
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Western powers have quietly put off efforts to toughen United Nations sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program until September in hopes of improved cooperation with U.N. inspectors, European diplomats say.
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The world's major powers are struggling to reach agreement on new sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment with the U.S. and Europe pushing for tougher measures than Russia and China will accept, council diplomats said Wednesday.
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Iran is unlikely to accept European incentives aimed at getting it to suspend uranium enrichment, diplomats said Thursday, raising the prospect of a showdown next
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The United States intends to move very quickly in early September to impose U.N. sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend its enrichment of uranium, a senior State Department official said Thursday.
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Talks meant to give Tehran a last chance to avoid U.N. sanctions were in jeopardy on Wednesday, with diplomats and European officials saying Iran's chief nuclear negotiator had still not confirmed if he would meet with the European Union's foreign policy chief.
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In a fresh bid to win Russian and Chinese support, key European nations circulated a revised U.N. resolution Friday narrowing sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment and urging negotiations to resolve the standoff over its nuclear ambitions.
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Iran defied a U.N. deadline Thursday to stop enriching uranium, opening the door for sanctions, but U.S. and other officials said no action would be sought before a key European diplomat meets with Tehran's atomic chief next week to seek a compromise.
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A senior Iranian official warned Saturday that further U.N. sanctions over Tehran's contentious nuclear program could derail ongoing negotiations toward a settlement.
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Iran's foreign minister warned on Friday that the latest punitive move by the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency &#151; the suspension of nearly two dozen nuclear aid programs &#151; could affect Tehran's cooperation with the agency.
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The United States will push for more U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran if Tehran continues to ignore council demands for suspension of the country's uranium enrichment program, the State Department said Monday.
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A travel ban for nuclear scientists are among sanctions in a draft UN resolution on Iran, diplomats say
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Key nations trying to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions are hoping Tehran will agree quickly to suspend uranium enrichment and return to negotiations, but they are planning for sanctions if it does not, diplomats ...Comment
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The US says it will press for a new set of sanctions on Iran for defying UN demands to stop enriching uranium.
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Stronger penalties are needed against Iran "not next year or the year after, but right now" because of the uncertainty over how soon Tehran may acquire a nuclear weapon, President Bush's defense secretary said Saturday.
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The UN Security Council's five permanent members and Germany will discuss further UN sanctions against Iran.
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WASHINGTON -- Despite the threat of new sanctions, Iran is advancing work at its largest nuclear facility and has informed international inspectors in writing that it will not comply with a United Nations order to suspend the program, according to US and European diplomats familiar with the inspectors' latest findings.
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Iran expects the United Nations to hold off on new sanctions while Tehran pursues new talks with the UN atomic agency about its disputed nuclear work, a senior Iranian official said Friday.