Article: No legal basis for new UN sanctions against Iran: spokesman

No legal basis for new UN sanctions against Iran: spokesman

TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iranian government spokesman Gholam- Hossein Elham said on Saturday that there is no legal basis for new UN Security Council sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.

He made the remarks one day after International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei circulated his latest report on Iran's nuclear program to the Agency's Board of Governors.

What was said in the report once more indicated that "referringof Iran to the UN Security Council was a political move which lacked legal basis," the official IRNA news agency quoted Elham assaying.

Elham reiterated that Tehran believed ...

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