| Iran Defends Its Nuclear Program, Condemns UN Sanctions | |
| New York 23 December 2006 | |
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The U.N. Security Council has imposed sanctions on Iran for its suspect nuclear program. The vote came nearly four months after Iran defied an earlier Council deadline to halt uranium enrichment. VOA's Peter Heinlein at the U.N. reports. 
The UN Security Council unanimously votes to approve a resolution imposing sanctions against Iran
In a special Saturday session, the Council approved sanctions aimed at persuading Tehran to suspend its uranium enrichment program.
The support of veto-wielding Council members Russia and China had been in question during two months of negotiations on the text. Both have close commercial ties to Iran. But in the end, the vote was unanimous.
