US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday that
the UN Security Council should adopt a resolution immediately to
impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
"For the international community to be credible, it must pass a
resolution now that holds Iran accountable for its defiance," Rice
said in addressing the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think
tank in Washington.
The United States has been seeking to impose sanctions on Iran
through the UN Security Council on the grounds that the Islamic
country develops a nuclear weapon program under the cover of a
civilian program. However, Iran has said that its nuclear program
is for peaceful purposes only.
The US State Department said on Tuesday that Iran was moving
forward with its nuclear program and the UN Security Council should
pass a resolution to impose sanctions on the country.
(Xinhua News Agency October 26, 2006)
