Israel claims UNSC will impose new Iran sanctions

Sun, 03 Jan 2010

A top Israeli official claimed Sunday the UN Security Council plans to adopt fresh sanctions against Iran within a month.

"The world is uniting against Iran's nuclear program, and within a month we will see UN Security Council sanctions," the Israeli daily Haaretz quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon as saying.

"There is agreement in Washington, Moscow and Beijing that a nuclear Iran would destroy the current world order," he added.

The United States and Israel accuse the Islamic Republic of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear pursuit.

After imposing unilateral sanctions against Iran, the US rallied its European allies — Britain, France and Germany — to coerce the UNSC into pressuring Tehran to desert its program.

The UNSC adopted three rounds of sanctions resolutions against Tehran, urging the government to halt its uranium enrichment activities.

Iran, a signatory of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and member of the UN nuclear watchdog, is entitled to pursue the technology for civilian purposes. It has also urged nuclear powers to abandon their atomic arsenals as the government in Iran believes the use of weapons of mass destruction is inhuman.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has monitors Iran's activities, says there are no evidence for the Western allegations. The body, however, has asked Iran to expand its cooperation to answer remaining questions about the case.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=115263§ionid=351020104.