Iran sanctions draft to be revised -Britain

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Source: Reuters

Key world powers will revise a draft resolution on new sanctions against Iran over its atomic program and call a vote after a U.N. nuclear report on Iran is issued, Britain's U.N. envoy said on Wednesday.

Washington had been pushing for a swift vote on the third sanctions resolution against Iran.

But South Africa and other elected members of the U.N. Security Council have been pressing the five permanent council members -- the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China -- to wait for a new progress report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran due next week.

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South Africa and other members of the Non-Aligned Movement insist that the IAEA's investigation is relevant and want the council to wait until it has as much information as possible.




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