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TEHRAN — Iran on Wednesday dismissed as “illegitimate” a draft U.N. Security Council resolution imposing harsher sanctions against Tehran for its refusal to halt uranium enrichment.
Mojtaba Hashemi Samareh, a top adviser to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said the draft proposed by the U.S. was a reactionary response to a deal in which Iran agreed to ship much of its low- enriched uranium to Turkey.
The surprise deal, brokered by Turkey and Brazil on Monday, didn’t ease concerns in the West that Iran’s nuclear program has military dimensions primarily because Tehran has said it will continue to enrich uranium to higher levels.
