Special Report: Iran Nuclear Crisis     Iran replies to six-nation proposal

    MOSCOW, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Friday that there is no need now to discuss sanctions against Iran.

    "I believe that the question is not so serious at the moment for the UN Security Council or the group of six to consider any introduction of sanctions," Ivanov said in Russia's far east.

    He added that in any event, sanctions had proved ineffective in international practice. And Russia hoped to seek political and diplomatic means to settle the issue.  Enditem