Sat, Nov 17, 2007 - Page 7 News List

US pushes new Iran sanctions

TALKING TOUGH The White House dismissed an optimistic report by the UN's nuclear watchdog, said that Iran was uncooperative and warned China not to block sanctions

AFP , WASHINGTON

A release date for Solana's report is expected in "a matter of days," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack, who called the IAEA evaluation "troubling."

But new Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said the report by the UN agency showed that Western claims that the atomic program has military aims "are not true."

"Whether the report is negative or positive, the Americans always say the same thing," he said.

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