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Article: Europeans call for Iran to face U.N. Security Council over nuclear program
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- January 12, 2006
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DAVID McHUGH, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-12-2006
Dateline: BERLIN
European foreign ministers on Thursday accused Iran of "concealment and deception" over its nuclear program and said the U.N. Security Council should get involved after more than two years of inconclusive negotiations.
But the diplomats from France, Germany and Britain held back from calling for the council to impose sanctions and said they remained open to yet more talks.
Negotiations aimed at getting Iran to permanently abandon uranium enrichment had reached "an impasse," the diplomats said, citing what they called a "documented record of concealment and deception."
In a joint statement, they charged that Iran ...