Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Russia: No talks of punitive measures against Iran

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Amid Israel's earnest calls for fresh Iran sanctions, Russian foreign ministry said Friday that no talk was right now in progress for more punitive measures against Teheran.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said on Friday that the six major powers were not discussing any new sanctions against Iran at the moment.

"No work is in progress at the UN Security Council in New York today to prepare a possible sanctions-based resolution on Iran," Nesterenko said but didn't "fully rule out the possibility of starting this work."

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The report, however, called on Tehran to further discuss and cooperate on the issue of the alleged studies...

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