(New York Times) Richard Bernstein and Steven R. Weisman - The leading nations of Europe joined with the U.S. on Thursday to declare an end, for now, to negotiations with Iran over dismantling its suspected nuclear weapons program and to demand that Iran be referred to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions. "From our point of view, the time has come for the UN Security Council to become involved," said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier after meeting in Berlin with his French and British counterparts and the EU's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana. Secretary of State Rice declared that the U.S. fully supported the European action. American and European diplomats said that several days of intense diplomacy had convinced them that Russia and China would join in a growing consensus that the International Atomic Energy Agency should refer Iran to the Security Council.
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