Russia says UN resolution sends 'clear signals' to Iran: Interfax

Sunday, 03 February 2008

MOSCOW (AFP) — A proposed UN resolution contains "clear signals" to Iran that it must return to full compliance with the UN's nuclear watchdog, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak said in an interview published Sunday. "When this document is published you will see that it contains clear signals to Iran and anticipates a certain widening of the sanctions regime imposed by the Security Council earlier," Kislyak told the Interfax news agency.

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French defence minister: Iran still pursuing nuclear arms

Friday, 01 February 2008

WASHINGTON (AFP) - French Defence Minister Herve Morin cast doubt on reports that Iran had halted its suspected nuclear weapons drive, speaking Thursday on a visit to Washington.   "Coordinated information from a number of intelligence services leads us to believe that Iran has not given up its wish to pursue its (nuclear) program," and is "continuing to develop" it, Morin told reporters.

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US diplomat calls UN resolution on Iran sanctions 'long overdue'

Friday, 01 February 2008

BERLIN (AP)- A U.S. diplomat urged Iran on Friday to fully disclose all past and present nuclear activities, and said a third United Nations resolution against the country was "long overdue." "Full disclosure is particularly important, given the U.S. assessment that Iran was secretly pursuing nuclear weapons ... just over four years ago," Ambassador Greg Schulte, the permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations Office in Vienna, told reporters during a visit to Berlin.

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Report: Iran produces 300 tons of UF6 in Isfahan nuclear facility

Sunday, 27 January 2008

TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Deputy head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Javad Vaeedi said on Sunday that his country has so far produced 300 tons of uranium hexafluoride (UF6)gas used for uranium enrichment in the Isfahan nuclear facility. Addressing a congregation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Vaeedi said "The Isfahan uranium conversion facilityis active and it has produced more than 300 tons of UF6," local Fars news agency reported.

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UN powers agree on more Iran sanctions

Friday, 25 January 2008

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Major U.N. Security Council powers have agreed on an incremental increase in sanctions on Iran, including a new restriction on exporters doing business with the country, diplomats said Thursday. A draft resolution also calls for more monitoring of Iran's military and financial institutions, broader travel bans on Iranian nuclear scientists and other key officials, and freezing the assets of people and banks linked to weapons proliferation, Security Council diplomats told The Associated Press. Diplomats from the five nations with veto power on the council — the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France — spent a third day negotiating a final agreement on principles that would form the basis for a third round of U.N. sanctions on Iran. They were joined by Germany, which has long been involved in efforts to resolve the Iran nuclear dispute.

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Britain welcomes agreement on new Iran nuclear resolution

Wednesday, 23 January 2008

London (dpa) - Britain on Wednesday welcomed the agreement reached on a new UN Security Council resolution on Iran's nuclear enrichment programme and urged Tehran to respond positively to international pressure to suspend its nuclear activities. Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who took part in the latest round of discussions of the UN's five veto powers and Germany in Berlin Tuesday, said the meeting was "united, constructive and determined."

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World powers agree on UN resolution on Iran: Germany

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

BERLIN (AFP) — World powers reached agreement Tuesday on a new UN Security Council resolution against Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said. "We agreed on the content of the next Security Council resolution," Steinmeier said after the meeting in Berlin of foreign ministers from the five permanent members of the Security Council -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- plus Germany. Steinmeier said the resolution would be presented to the Security Council "in the coming weeks."

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Powers must close "gaps" for Iran sanctions deal

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

BERLIN (Reuters) - World powers said they would have to overcome key differences on Tuesday to agree on a new sanctions resolution against Iran that aims to ratchet up pressure on Tehran to curb sensitive nuclear work. Ahead of a meeting in Berlin of foreign ministers from the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said powers still had "some way to go" in agreeing a third U.N. sanctions resolution. The West has been engaged in a diplomatic showdown with Iran over its nuclear programme since 2002 and the Security Council has already imposed two sets of mild sanctions -- the first in December 2006 and second in March 2007.

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France says new Iran resolution imminent

Monday, 21 January 2008

PARIS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council's five permanent members and Germany are expected to agree on Tuesday on a new resolution to pressure Iran over its nuclear program, a French diplomat said. The senior diplomat, who briefed reporters Monday on condition that he not be identified by name, said an agreement was very close and should be finalized by the six nation's foreign ministers at a meeting in Berlin, Germany. He would not give details on the resolution but said it would be "very balanced, very firm" and likely be presented to the U.N. Security Council at the end of the month.