Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 17 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that the United Nations Security Council is unlikely to adopt a third resolution imposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic over its refusal to suspend its controversial nuclear work. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Dec. 17 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that the United Nations Security Council is unlikely to adopt a third resolution imposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic over its refusal to suspend its controversial nuclear work.
The Security Council and other nations are not willing to bear the cost of further sanctions against Tehran, Ahmadinejad told state television.
Earlier this month, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Tehran to comply fully with successive Security Council resolutions requiring it to halt uranium enrichment.
Tehran has so far defied UN Security Council resolutions 1696, 1737, and 1747 calling on it to halt its uranium enrichment activities. Resolutions 1737 and 1747 have both imposed sanctions on Tehran in an effort to force the Islamic Republic to abandon its aggressive stance.
