UN 'progress' over Iran sanctions
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Diplomats at the UN make "substantial progress" towards fresh sanctions on Iran over its nuclear activities.
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Major powers working on a U.N. resolution to impose new sanctions on Iran probably will not complete a draft text by the end of the week as expected, diplomats said after another round of talks on Tuesday.
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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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After nearly two years of investigation, the United Nations&#39; nuclear watchdog said yesterday that it has not uncovered proof that Iran has
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Iran will not halt its disputed nuclear work because of any new U.N. sanctions, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying on Wednesday, a day after world powers agreed on the outlines of a new resolution.
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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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World powers are "very close" to a deal on a draft UN sanctions resolution against Iran, a French diplomat says.
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Iran has pushed ahead with a uranium enrichment program in defiance of a U.N. Security Council deadline to suspend it, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported today. The finding appeared likely to trigger U.S. efforts to obtain harsher U.N. sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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Iran insists it will continue its controversial nuclear programme, ahead of UN talks on possible new sanctions.
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Major powers have made progress on a   package of incentives and disincentives aimed at resolving the   Iran nuclear crisis but have not reached final agreement and   more meetings are likely, State Department spokesman Sean   McCormack said on Wednesday.
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UN inspectors delivered a mixed report on Iran&#39;s nuclear activities Wednesday that listed unanswered questions but contained no &quot;smoking gun&quot; confirming US allegations that Tehran is building a bomb.
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The commitment to the UN&#39;s nuclear watchdog agency could derail an American drive to impose UN sanctions. Diplomats said Iran agrees to continue a freeze on uranium enrichment and to suspend related activities.
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VIENNA - Iran&#39;s promise to stop enriching uranium, offered on the weekend to head off threatened sanctions, has the support of the United Nations nuclear watchdog.
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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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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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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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The United Nations (UN) has said on Monday that, as far as it knows, Iran had not diverted any nuclear materials to a weapons programme - a verdict diplomats said undermined the