Special report: Iran Nuclear Crisis

    MOSCOW, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Russia is satisfied with the work of the six powers on a new draft resolution on tougher sanctions against Iran, but does not view the current draft as final, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said on Saturday.

    "We are satisfied that the six powers were able to work effectively on the new draft resolution and perform the duties they assumed at the latest meeting in Berlin," Kamynin was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying.

    The reactions of other UN Security Council members to the draft must now be heard, he said.

    "We proceed from the fact that the six powers' version is not the final draft. That is, we are ready to continue the discussion on this draft with the other members of the UN Security Council," he said.

    Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States reached agreement on a draft UN Security Council resolution on Thursday, imposing tougher sanctions against Tehran on its unyielding nuclear ambitions.

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    Six powers reach agreement, Iran remains defiant

    TEHRAN, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Iran remained defiant over its nuclear program on Thursday as six world powers reached agreement on a draft resolution imposing tougher sanctions against Tehran on its unyielding nuclear ambitions.

    With his customary defiant rhetoric, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed that UN Security Council resolutions could not stop his country from developing nuclear program.