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World powers weigh new sanctions for Iran

President Barack Obama has said that the six nations dealing with Iran’s nuclear programme will develop a package of serious new punitive measures in coming weeks.

Supporting the measures, European Union said the six would gather immediately to begin consultations.

The EU said diplomats would meet in
Brussels on Friday to consider Iran’s apparent rejection of a UN plan to ship its low-enriched uranium abroad so that it could not be further enriched to make weapons.

Talk of sanctions showed that Obama is preparing for the next phase should Iran fail to meet his year-end deadline for progress in negotiations.

The Brussels meeting will include the UN Security Council’s permanent members — Britain, China, France, Russia and the US — plus Germany, EU foreign affairs spokeswoman Cristina Gallach said.

She said it would bring together foreign ministry officials from the six nations “to take stock of the situation.”

Iran announced on Wednesday it would not export its enriched uranium for further processing, effectively rejecting the latest plan brokered by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

That plan aimed to delay Tehran’s ability to build a nuclear weapon by sending most of the uranium needed for that out of the country.

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World powers weigh new sanctions for Iran

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