New U.S. audit questions efficacy of Iran sanctions
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The economic impact of U.S. sanctions against Iran is unclear and Iran has signed about $20 billion in energy contracts with foreign firms since 2003, said a U.S. audit report.
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A new report on UN inspections in Iranâs nuclear facilities may undermine the US demand to send Tehranâs nuclear file to the UN Security Council this month, diplomats said on Wednesday.
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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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An Iranian rocket launch and reports that Iran is testing an advanced centrifuge are "deeply disturbing" and strengthen the case for a third U.N. sanctions resolution against Tehran, a top U.S. official said on Friday.
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The United States said on Sunday it  planned to increase pressure on Iran this week to dispel  concerns about its nuclear program, but played down the need  for immediate sanctions and expressed confidence the dispute  could be settled through diplomacy.
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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 announced sweeping new sanctions against Iran Thursday  -  the harshest since the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in 1979
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Iran said on Saturday it was  surprised by proposed new sanctions over its nuclear program  and said major powers should have waited for the verdict of a  United Nations watchdog in March.
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New U.N. sanctions against Iran would require countries to ban the entry of individuals involved in the Iranian nuclear program Â a step up from a previous call for vigilance over their travel, according to a document obtained Friday.
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The Bush administration may be on the verge of getting what it has long sought: United Nations sanctions on a defiant Iran over its accelerated nuclear program. That may not be much of a victory.
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The U.S. Senate is tightening its  scrutiny of intelligence reports on Iran, North Korea, China  and other potential trouble spots in hopes of avoiding the  intelligence lapses that led to the 2003 invasion of Iraq,  congressional officials said on Sunday.
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Proposed new United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program call for travel bans and asset freezes for named Iranian officials and vigilance on all banks in Iran, according to a draft text.
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Iran's statement that it may extend its  freeze on uranium enrichment to ease fears about its atomic  plans is an obvious ploy to prevent tough action by the U.N.  nuclear watchdog, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
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The Christian Science Monitor - American attempts to persuade Europe to think again about financial involvement in Iran may be starting to bear fruit, according to European banking officials. Whether such "back-door sanctions" will work is far less apparent, experts say.
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Russia's foreign minister cast new doubt   on whether the U.N. Security Council can reach a quick   consensus on punitive measures against Iran over its nuclear   program when he called sanctions a "dead end" on Friday.
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In approving far-reaching, new unilateral sanctions against Iran, President Bush signaled yesterday that he intends to pursue a strategy of gradually escalating financial, diplomatic and political pressure on Tehran, aimed not at starting a new war in the Middle East, his advisers said, but at...
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The world's major powers are discussing possible new sanctions against Iran, including a travel ban, an arms embargo and trade restrictions, but council diplomats say differences remain.