Iran safe for now from possible UN sanctions: diplomats
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VIENNA - The UN nuclear watchdog meets on Monday in Vienna with Iran virtually safe from possible UN sanctions after agreeing to a full freeze of all nuclear enrichment activities that could make uranium for atomic weapons.
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Tehran is confident of reaching a  negotiated settlement over its nuclear program, a senior  Iranian diplomat said in Tokyo on Thursday, as the United  Nations nuclear watchdog seemed set to report that Iran had  defied a deadline to halt atomic fuel work.
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VIENNA, Austria -- Iran is taking steps to reassure the world that it&#39;s not trying to build nuclear weapons. Iran has notified the UN nuclear watchdog agency in writing that it will suspend uranium enrichment and related activities.
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Diplomats say Iran has replied to a European offer to avoid possible UN Security Council sanctions over its nuclear program. But they say the Europeans may reject Iran&#39;s response.
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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 believes there is only a 10 percent chance the U.N. Security Council will impose economic sanctions on it if Washington succeeds in sending its nuclear case there, a senior security official said on Friday.
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Russia expressed optimism yesterday that a new European UN draft resolution on Iran's nuclear ambitions could be adopted soon, perhaps even by Christmas, as the West wants. "It should not take too long," said Moscow's UN ambassador, Vitaly Churkin. Britain and France have proposed revised sanctions that would narrow the ban on items Iran can import, limiting it to the ...
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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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Iran believes there is only a 10 percent  chance the U.N. Security Council will impose economic sanctions  on it if Washington succeeds in sending its nuclear case there,  a senior security official said on Friday.
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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.
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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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VIENNA, Austria Diplomats say Iran has apparently continued with a process that&#39;s used to enrich uranium -- but the Iranians may not be breaking any promises.
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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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PARIS, Aug. 30 -- The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency gave an upbeat assessment of Iranian cooperation with international inspectors in a new report Thursday that could make it more difficult for the United States to win tougher U.N. sanctions against Iran.
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Tehran is confident of a prompt solution to the dispute over its nuclear program, Iran's deputy foreign minister said Wednesday, despite U.N. Security Council plans to meet next week to discuss further sanctions.
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Iran may be hiding equipment bought by its military that could be used to make nuclear-weapons-grade uranium despite its recent agreement to freeze all such programs and place them under UN supervision, diplomats said Thursday.
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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.