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Fresh Iran sanctions on the way?

January 18, 2010 00:00:00


UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 17 (Xinhua): The five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany Saturday concluded their preliminary talks on possible sanctions on Iran without any clear agreement.
Compared to its previous versions, the meeting at the European Union (EU)'s mission to the United Nations in New York was held on a low key.
No joint communique was issued afterwards and the six nations only expressed their views to the press through an informal briefing by senior EU official Robert Cooper who chaired the meeting.
They reaffirmed a commitment to the dual-track approach, which "implies that we will continue to seek a negotiated solution, but consideration of appropriate further measures has also begun."
The so-called "appropriate further measures" were de facto UN euphemism meaning further sanctions.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently disclosed her country's intention to impose sanctions on the Iranian leadership, saying that the six nations will discuss the details.

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