U.S. sees progress on new Iran sanctions: official
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Major powers made progress on Thursday on agreeing on new sanctions on Iran and hope to have their U.N. ambassadors begin drafting a formal U.N. Security Council resolution next week, a senior U.S. official said.
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Russia said Wednesday a new draft U.N. resolution on Iran's disputed nuclear program does not call for any harsh sanctions, and the Iranian president said new measures would not deter the country in its pursuit of nuclear technology.
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Iran must bear the consequences of any new confrontation between U.S. and Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, a senior U.S. official warned on Wednesday.
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Iran seems to have made little progress towards enriching uranium in significant amounts this summer but it is unclear whether technical problems or fear of stiffer U.N. sanctions lie behind the slowdown, diplomats say.
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World powers meeting in London on Friday are likely to agree on the principle of imposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program but not to approve specific language, a U.S. official said.
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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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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed optimism  that the UN Security Council will finally impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program after the US and Russia closed ranks around a European draft resolution that was months in the making.
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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 U.N. order to suspend the program, according to U.S. and European diplomats familiar with the inspectors' latest findings.
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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 U.N. nuclear watchdog's governing body is this week expected to ratify cuts in aid to Iran and scrutinize Tehran's defiant expansion of uranium enrichment, a possible route to atomic bombs.
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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 head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Sunday he was making progress in finishing an inquiry into Iran's nuclear past ahead of his next report awaited by those powers mulling new sanctions.
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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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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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The Bush administration is developing an extensive list of possible new sanctions against North Korea, senior officials said Thursday.
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World power foreign ministers are expected to agree on a new draft sanctions resolution against Iran at a meeting in Germany on January 22, a French diplomatic source said on Monday.
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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.