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Ahmadinejad says third sanctions resolution against Iran unlikely |
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Monday, 17 December 2007 |
Iran Focus
 Tehran, Iran, Dec. 17 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that the United Nations Security Council is “unlikely” to adopt a third resolution imposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic over its refusal to suspend its controversial nuclear work.
The Security Council and other nations are not willing to “bear the cost” of further sanctions against Tehran, Ahmadinejad told state television.
Earlier this month, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Tehran to comply fully with successive Security Council resolutions requiring it to halt uranium enrichment.
Tehran has so far defied UN Security Council resolutions 1696, 1737, and 1747 calling on it to halt its uranium enrichment activities. Resolutions 1737 and 1747 have both imposed sanctions on Tehran in an effort to force the Islamic Republic to abandon its aggressive stance.
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