EU considers U.N.-style Iran sanctions: sources

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LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union is looking at ways to apply United Nations sanctions against Iran and may expand the list of people linked to Tehran's nuclear program targeted by the U.N. resolution, sources said on Friday.

Tehran maintains that its nuclear ambitions are limited to generating electricity. The European Union and the United States suspect Tehran is secretly seeking to build nuclear bombs.

They say it will face harsher sanctions if it ignores the resolution unanimously passed on December 23 at the behest of the United States, Britain, Russia, China and France. The resolution gave Iran 60 days to suspend nuclear fuel-enrichment activity.

Foreign ministers from EU states are due to meet on Monday to consider an interpretation of the current range of sanctions, government and diplomatic sources said on Friday.

"We shall be looking for the EU to implement the measures in a way that is thorough and effective," one British official said...cont'd


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