More Iran sanctions not before September: diplomats

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Source: Reuters

More Iran sanctions not before September: diplomats
Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:08AM EDT

By Paul Taylor

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Western powers have quietly put
off efforts to toughen United Nations sanctions against
Iran over its nuclear program until September in hopes
of improved cooperation with U.N. inspectors, European
diplomats say.

The unannounced pause comes even though Tehran
continues to defy U.N. demands that it suspend uranium
enrichment, which the West believes is aimed at building
bombs, and is still adding centrifuges to its new
underground enrichment plant, they say.

Tehran, however, resumed working with the U.N. watchdog
International Atomic Energy Agency this month to clear up
outstanding questions about its nuclear activity and
improve IAEA inspectors' access to its enrichment plant.

It also agreed to let inspectors revisit a heavy-water
reactor building site before the end of July, four months
after halting such access in protest at existing U.N.
sanctions.

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