Special report: Iran Nuclear
Crisis
Iran replies to six-nation
proposal
Iran launches military
exercise
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- The United States
said on Wednesday that imposing sanctions on Iran will represent the
next step of
U.S. diplomacy.
As the deadline of the UN Security Council Resolution
1696, which required Iran to suspend uranium enrichment by the end of August,
had passed and "since Iran has not taken the steps required by the IAEA and the
Security Council, it is now essential that we move to adopt sanctions against
Iran," said Robert Joseph, undersecretary of state for arms control and
international security, at a briefing on Wednesday.
"Sanctions represent the next step in our diplomacy,
as the United States continues to persuade Iran to change its course and abandon
its nuclear weapons program," Joseph said, adding that the United States is now
discussing the issue with other members of the UN Security Council.
The United States has accused Iran of trying to
develop nuclear weapons under the cover of civilian nuclear programs. Iran has
said that its nuclear programs are for peaceful purposes only. Enditem
U.S. says nuclear-armed Iran
"intolerable"
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- A nuclear-armed Iran is
intolerable not only to the United States, but also to the entire international
community, said Robert Joseph, undersecretary of state for arms control and
international security, at a briefing on Wednesday. >>>
Italy calls for solving Iran issue
through diplomatic way
ROME, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Italy said on Wednesday that
diplomacy and not force was the only way to resolve Iran's nuclear standoff with
the West. >>>
France at odds with U.S. over
Iran
PARIS, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- France on Wednesday warned of a
shift towards a "war of civilizations" between the West and the Muslim world, in
reference to U.S. President George W. Bush's remarks comparing the Iranian
regime with the terrorist group al-Qaida. >>>
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