US gets tough, not crippling Iran sanctions

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UNITED NATIONS, June 10 (AP): The United States (US) and its allies won approval for the toughest UN sanctions against Iran for refusing to negotiate on its suspect nuclear programme - but they're not the 'crippling' penalties US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed to pursue a year ago if US attempts to engage Iran diplomatically failed.
The big question now is whether the new sanctions will somehow persuade the Iranians to suspend their fast-expanding uranium enrichment program and sit down at the negotiating table with the US, China, Russia and other major powers who have offered a package of incentives if they do.
Three previous rounds of sanctions failed to get the Iranians into talks and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed Wednesday's fourth round as "annoying flies, like a used tissue."
Meanwhile, BBC adds: Iran's parliament is to revise relations with the UN nuclear watchdog, following the latest round of UN sanctions, state media says.
The announcement by National Security and Foreign Policy Committee head Alaeddin Boroujerdi did not specify what action might be taken.
But correspondents say options could include restricting access by UN inspectors to Iranian nuclear sites.
President Ahmadinejad has dismissed the UN sanctions as a "used handkerchief".