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U.S.: Six powers to discuss tougher sanctions on Iran By Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent, and Reuters Tags: Iran, nuclear program, Israel NEW YORK - The group of six major powers dealing with the Iranian nuclear crisis will hold a conference call Wednesday to discuss whether to impose tougher sanctions on Tehran, a U.S. State Department spokesman said. On Tuesday, Iran finally responded to the package of incentives the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany offered in June in return for freezing its uranium enrichment program, but the reply did not address the 5+1 group's demands. The contents of the letter Iran handed yesterday to European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana were "laughable," one European diplomat told Reuters, but declined to give details. Advertisement An EU official told the news agency, "We have received the letter," without giving details. An Iranian official was quoted by the news agency as saying that the document indeed makes no mention of uranium enrichment in return for suspending sanctions against it. "The letter handed over is not an answer to the offered package. The letter does not mention the freeze-for-freeze issue," the Iranian official said. Britain, France and the U. S., which have taken the toughest line on the matter, sent a letter to the Security Council warning that Iran's central bank and other financial institutions are trying to dodge the sanctions imposed on financial dealings with Iran by camouflaging their moves and employing clandestine channels. UN diplomats who were not surprised by the Iranian response said yesterday that complete failure to address the uranium enrichment issue is in line with Iran's policy of defiance and deception of the Security Council. The views of senior American and European diplomats at UN headquarters regarding Iran's nuclear plan and evasive tactics are more demanding than the pacifying trend Solana is spearheading from Brussels. Diplomats in New York said yesterday that the U.S., Britain, and France will begin talking to fellow Security Council members in the next few days with the purpose of assuring a majority for a fourth resolution on tighter trade sanctions on Iran. The previous three resolutions passed after Russian and China were persuaded to support the sanctions. "These two countries' support for another resolution is attainable," a Western diplomat said yesterday. In another development, the deputy director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Olli Heinonen, is scheduled to visit Iran tomorrow. A spokeswoman for the UN nuclear watchdog declined to specify the purpose of the visit. Related articles: U.S.: Iran response on nuclear freeze is unacceptable Iran: Any attack on our nuclear facility will be beginning of war PM: Iran will not be nuclear Bookmark to del.icio.us   Party for a killer Arabic TV station hosts birthday party for convicted child killer Samir Kuntar. Hamas to blame Noam Shalit says his son Gilad is holding Gaza hostage, and not the other way around.   1.   The science of politics 06:48  |  Natallie Durson 06/08/08   2.   Bush`s Iran Policy a Joke 07:01  |  MichaelF 06/08/08   3.   China`s Iran Policy 07:02  |  MichaelF 06/08/08   4.   Can we afford to avoid a preventive strike against a declared... 07:16  |  Jean Van Daem 06/08/08   5.   A 5 % cut in imports Pistacchio nuts and rugs ! Wow ! 07:31  |  Fortuna Benmayor 06/08/08   6.   Jean - What about the Next Day? 08:04  |  Mark of Lewiston 06/08/08   7.   IRAN WILL DESTROY THE US 09:32  |  PAPER TIGER 06/08/08   8.   Who`s "we", Jean van Daem? # 4 09:57  |  Clickfool 06/08/08   9.   Jean Van Daem - And then? 2nd try 10:46  |  Mark of Lewiston 06/08/08   10.   Paper Tiger: What a crock 11:11  |  Guy From NYC 06/08/08   11.   JUST DO IT IF YOU DARE 12:13  |  indrajaya 06/08/08   12.   For Mark of Lewiston # 9 14:11  |  Clickfool 06/08/08

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