PARIS — The U.N. Security Council’s five permanent members and Germany are expected to agree today on a new resolution to pressure Iran over its nuclear program, a French diplomat said Monday.
The senior diplomat, who briefed reporters on condition he not be identified by name, said an agreement was very close and should be finalized by the six nations’ foreign ministers at a meeting in Berlin.
Analysts and the meeting’s German host were more cautious about what the talks could produce. Momentum for a third resolution has slowed since a U.S. intelligence assessment last month indicated Teh ran had stopped active work on a nuclear weapons program in 2003.
The French diplomat gave no details on the resolution but said it would be “very balanced, very firm.” Any new agreement needs approval of the Security Council, which already has issued two resolutions on Iran imposing international sanctions over its defiance of demands that it suspend uranium enrichment.
