U.S. prods Iran to stop uranium enrichment

Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:21am EDT
 
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran should stop enriching uranium and other reprocessing activities or face the possibility of further sanctions, the White House said on Monday after a U.N. agency reported Iran was stalling its nuclear inquiry.

"The Iranian regime's continued defiance only further isolates the Iranian people," said White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe. "We urge Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities or face further implementation of the existing United Nations Security Council sanctions and the possibility of new sanctions."

(Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky, editing by Bill Trott)

 
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