Article: POLITICS: SECURITY COUNCIL PASSES NEW SANCTIONS ON IRAN.

By Erkan Kaptan

UNITED NATIONS, Mar. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - After several weeks of closed door negotiations, the 15-member U.N. Security Council decided Monday to impose a third set of sanctions on Iran to pressure Tehran to halt its ongoing nuclear power programme.

If it "suspends all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, including research and development", the Council pledged to suspend the implementation of sanctions.

The vote on the resolution was 14 in favour, including the five permanent members -- the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China -- with one abstention from a non-permanent member, Indonesia.

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