[Telegraph-UK] Alec Russell - Iran brushed aside Kofi Annan's efforts to mediate in the crisis over its nuclear ambitions Sunday even as Western powers struggled to maintain momentum for sanctions against the Islamic state. The UN secretary-general left Teheran empty-handed after Iran's hardline president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, rejected his call to heed Security Council demands for Iran to suspend uranium enrichment.
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