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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/world/middleeast/10sanctions.html
UN Adopts New Sanctions on Iran
(New York Times) Neil MacFarquhar - The UN Security Council leveled its fourth round of sanctions against Iran's nuclear program on Wednesday, but the measures did little to overcome widespread doubts that they - or even the additional steps pledged by American and European officials - would halt Iran's production of nuclear fuel. Twelve nations voted for the measure, Turkey and Brazil voted against it, and Lebanon abstained. The main thrust of the sanctions is against military purchases, trade and financial transactions carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, which controls the nuclear program.