(New York Times) Warren Hoge - The UN Security Council urged Iran on Wednesday to suspend its uranium-enrichment activities and asked the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency to report back on Iran's compliance within 30 days. The Council took its action in a presidential statement, a nonbinding declaration that needs unanimous support. In a last-minute concession by the European authors, the text eliminated language suggesting that any Iranian drive to produce nuclear weapons would be a "threat to international peace and security." China and Russia had argued that the term established a pretext for sanctions, which they both oppose.
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