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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/10/AR2007121000733.html
New UN Iran Resolution Considered
[Washington Post] Robin Wright - A draft UN resolution on Iran circulating among the world's major powers calls for new sanctions against the Quds Force and a top Iranian bank as well as "restraint" and "vigilance" on the supply, sale or transfer of arms to Iran, according to sources familiar with the proposal. The draft of the long-delayed third UN sanctions resolution is still being negotiated, and early versions are often tougher than the final product, but the proposal indicates there is still an appetite for significant new punitive measures against Iran even after last week's new U.S. National Intelligence Estimate. Yet Moscow and Beijing are likely to have the last word on the final draft, since they have long opposed squeezing Iran too hard.