By RIA Novosti
United Nations : A draft resolution on Iran’s nuclear programme could be submitted to the UN Security Council in the next two weeks, a source involved in the talks said Thursday.
Iran is already under two sets of sanctions over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment.
Western nations have pushed for a new resolution aiming at stricter measures than the obtaining UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic, saying it could use enriched uranium to produce nuclear weapons. Iran has been insisting that its nuclear programme is for generating electricity.
“The draft resolution will be submitted to the Security Council next week or in two weeks, but in any event before Christmas,” a diplomat said on condition of anonymity, declining to reveal whether the resolution would include tougher sanctions.
A new US intelligence report published Monday said Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons programme in 2003. However, the US, backed by France, Britain and Germany, said sanctions were still an option to force Iran to be fully transparent about its nuclear activities.
The US has also refused to rule out future military action against Iran. “The best diplomacy — effective diplomacy — is one in which all options are on the table,” Bush said Tuesday.
Russia and China, which have strong business interests in Iran, have the power to veto any new sanctions.