U.S. may seek lone push on Iran sanctions

The US is threatening to take the issue of Iran's nuclear weapons program to the UN Security Council, alone.

"This resolution which was approved by the IAEA was a definite defeat for our enemies who wanted to pressure Iran by sending its case to the U.N. Security Council," President Mohammad Khatami was quoted by state radio as saying.

The United States believes Iran is playing games with the international community and wants to see it referred to the Council. U.S. envoy Jackie Sanders told the IAEA's board of governors that Washington reserved the right to go it alone.

"Quite apart from the question of how this board chooses to handle these matters, of course, the United States reserves all of its options with respect to Security Council consideration of the Iranian nuclear weapons programme," she said on Monday.

"Any member, of the United Nations may bring to the attention of the Security Council any situation that might endanger the maintenance of international peace and security." more

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