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Iran rejects U.N. vote on arms, sanctions
Reuters via WP ^ | March 25, 2007 | Evelyn Leopold

Posted on 03/25/2007 12:36:49 AM PDT by jdm

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran rejected a repeated demand by the U.N. Security Council to suspend uranium enrichment work after the 15-nation body imposed arms and financial sanctions on Tehran.

At the same time major powers, who drafted the resolution, immediately offered new talks on Saturday and renewed their offer of an economic and technological incentive package.

But the sanctions would stay in place until Iran halts the enrichment of uranium and the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, which can be used to make a bomb or to generate electricity.

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who is holding a press conference on Sunday, told the Security Council after the vote that it had been abused and manipulated by some of its members to take "unjustifiable action" against Iran's peaceful nuclear program.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; nuclear; sanctions; un
No surprise here.
1 posted on 03/25/2007 12:36:52 AM PDT by jdm
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To: jdm
Iran rejected a repeated demand by the U.N. Security Council to suspend uranium enrichment work

When will the UN reconvene to come up with sanctions Iran approves of?

2 posted on 03/25/2007 12:40:58 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Anti-socialist Bostonian, Anti-Illegal Immigration Bush supporter, Pro-Life Atheist)
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3 posted on 03/25/2007 12:48:30 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Darkwolf377
When will the UN reconvene to come up with sanctions Iran approves of?

Give 'em till Monday to start.

L

4 posted on 03/25/2007 12:50:48 AM PDT by Lurker (Calling islam a religion is like calling a car a submarine.)
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To: Lurker

Yeah, they need a couple of days to consider Iran's demands. Wouldn't want to get them upset or nothin'...


5 posted on 03/25/2007 12:52:33 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Anti-socialist Bostonian, Anti-Illegal Immigration Bush supporter, Pro-Life Atheist)
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To: Lurker

LOL


6 posted on 03/25/2007 12:53:23 AM PDT by jdm
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To: Darkwolf377

Just wait, Tim Russert will be strongly condemning Iran in about 7 hours on his weekly "Meet the (De)Press(ed)" dog and pony show.

/s


7 posted on 03/25/2007 12:58:11 AM PDT by jdm
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To: jdm

You mean this is more important for NBC than 8 Fired US Attorneys when the reasons come out why they were fired Egg on Chucky's face


8 posted on 03/25/2007 5:13:15 AM PDT by scooby321
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