AP: Rice confident of U.N. action on Iran (with "momentum" on N. Korea)

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Rice confident of U.N. action on Iran

By ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer
1 hour, 47 minutes ago

MOSCOW - The swift decision to impose international sanctions on North Korea
for its rogue nuclear test could grease the skids for sanctions on Iran over
its disputed nuclear program, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday.

"It really does help to create a momentum," Rice said after leaving four days
of crisis talks in Asia in response to the North's test.

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Rice expressed confidence the Security Council will pass a resolution on Iran,
saying the body is now very engaged in nuclear nonproliferation efforts.

"That helps to create an atmosphere in which no one is going to want to have
a successful resolution against North Korea and no action against Iran, which
also at a different level is a threat to the nonproliferation regime," Rice said.

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