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Saturday, September 15, 2007

Germany denies trying to delay sanctions against Iran

www.chinaview.cn 2007-09-15 12:46:45
BERLIN, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Germany on Friday denied a recent U.S. report saying that it tried to hold off drafting any further UN sanctions against Iran over the country's nuclear program. "Germany is prepared to take the necessary steps against Iran, if necessary," Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Jaeger told a regular news conference. The comments came as a response to the TV channel FOX's report saying that Germany wanted to delay any sanctions to allow a deal struck between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Aug. 21 to take effect. Jaeger described the report as "nonsense," adding that the German government is working closely with European partners on the Iran issue. He said Germany was also open to "give Iran a chance to recover the international community's lost confidence in its nuclear program." The IAEA, the UN watchdog, reached a deal with Tehran last month to bring transparency to Iran's nuclear program. "If Iran is ready to do this ... then I think we can spare ourselves future sanctions debates," the spokesman said. Iran has repeatedly claimed its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes such as generating electricity. Washington, however, suspects that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons and insists to expand sanctions against the so-called "rogue state." The United States has called a meeting of the five permanent Security Council members and Germany on Sept. 21 in Washington to discuss a new draft UN resolution on sanctions against Iran.

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