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| The UN no longer has any reason to wait to consider new sanctions on Iran if it does not respond to concerns over its nuclear programme, France says. | The UN no longer has any reason to wait to consider new sanctions on Iran if it does not respond to concerns over its nuclear programme, France says. |
| If Iran continued to ignore demands, "we must draw all of the necessary conclusions," and move to sanctions, French Ambassador Gerard Araud said. | If Iran continued to ignore demands, "we must draw all of the necessary conclusions," and move to sanctions, French Ambassador Gerard Araud said. |
| Iran is already subject to UN sanctions over its nuclear programme, which the West suspects is for military purposes. | Iran is already subject to UN sanctions over its nuclear programme, which the West suspects is for military purposes. |
| Mr Araud spoke after a report said Iran was trying to defy some of the curbs. | Mr Araud spoke after a report said Iran was trying to defy some of the curbs. |
| The head of the UN panel which monitors a 2007 ban on Iranian arms exports told the Security Council there was "an apparent pattern of sanctions violations" by Iran over the past three months. | The head of the UN panel which monitors a 2007 ban on Iranian arms exports told the Security Council there was "an apparent pattern of sanctions violations" by Iran over the past three months. |
| "If Iran continues to do everything it can to violate five Security Council resolutions, if it continues to refuse the slightest confidence measures, to refuse dialogue, transparency after the major revelations that have just been made, we must draw all of the necessary conclusions and that means we must move on to a new resolution involving sanctions," said Mr Araud. | "If Iran continues to do everything it can to violate five Security Council resolutions, if it continues to refuse the slightest confidence measures, to refuse dialogue, transparency after the major revelations that have just been made, we must draw all of the necessary conclusions and that means we must move on to a new resolution involving sanctions," said Mr Araud. |
| Should Iran continue to fail to meet its obligations, the international community will have to consider further actions Susan RiceUS ambassador to UN | Should Iran continue to fail to meet its obligations, the international community will have to consider further actions Susan RiceUS ambassador to UN |
| The US' ambassador, Susan Rice, said that while her country still sought a diplomatic solution to the crisis through engagement with Iran, "time is short". | The US' ambassador, Susan Rice, said that while her country still sought a diplomatic solution to the crisis through engagement with Iran, "time is short". |
| "Should Iran continue to fail to meet its obligations, the international community will have to consider further actions," she said. | "Should Iran continue to fail to meet its obligations, the international community will have to consider further actions," she said. |
| Iran has insisted its nuclear programme is for purely peace purposes and has warned that further sanctions will be ineffective. | Iran has insisted its nuclear programme is for purely peace purposes and has warned that further sanctions will be ineffective. |
| It has not signed up to a six-nation compromise plan over its controversial uranium enrichment programme. | |
| Russia, China, the US, UK, France and Germany have suggested uranium enrichment for civilian nuclear energy could be regulated if Iran handed over its uranium to Russia to manage the process. | |