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Article: Iran calls Security Council debates on its nuclear program illegal and 'futile'
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- March 1, 2008
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Tehran on Saturday called illegal and "futile" U.N. Security Council debates for new sanctions against Iran, saying sanctions would undermine, not strengthen, global security.
The U.S. push for a third round of sanctions against Iran is an "exercise in futility," said government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham.
He made the remarks after Britain and France delayed a Security Council vote on new sanctions against Iran until Monday to try to get more support for the resolution. The two countries are co-sponsoring the resolution that would impose a third round of sanctions on Iran for refusing to halt uranium enrichment.
In a television interview later ...