Six world powers handed a draft resolution on Iran's nuclear program to the UN Security Council on Friday, but it included no new sanctions and Russia said it was not the time to consider them. US Ambassador Alejandro Wolff said the resolution, which calls on Iran to comply promptly with previous resolutions ordering it to suspend uranium enrichment, was an important “show of unity.” It comes less than two weeks after the UN atomic watchdog reported that Iran was not cooperating enough with its inspectors. But the resolution, which could come to a vote early next week, falls far short of imposing the kind of new measures Western governments have been discussing to ramp up the pressure on Tehran. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, whose country has veto power on the Security Council, appeared to shut the door firmly on new sanctions in the near future. “(We) continue to believe that it is not timely to consider at the ministerial, or at any other level, this proposal of new sanctions,” Lavrov told a news conference. The 10-line draft resolution would call on Iran to “fully comply, without delay” with previous council resolutions, which demand it halt enrichment. It also urges Iran to meet requirements of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency.
