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Tuesday, April 11, 2006

EU considers Iran sanctions

The EU is considering whether to impose sanctions on Iran, but has stressed that any military action is out of the question.

Speaking at a foreign affairs meeting in Brussels on Monday (10 April), EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said "any military action is definitely out of the question for us," but added that Europe should prepare itself for other punitive action against Tehran.

The European sanctions would come in case UN efforts to end the nuclear standoff with Tehran should fail.

"What we are doing today is a reflection on what may happen if at the end of the day what is going (on) now in the Security Council does fail," Mr Solana said according to Reuters.

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