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Russia Rejects New Iran Sanctions
Russia has ruled out supporting fresh sanctions against Iran, despite a UN report that says Tehran may be trying to develop nuclear weapons.
Iran’s President Ahmadinejad (Photo: Marcello Casal Jr/ABr)
A new UN report says Iran is getting closer to making an atomic bomb. But Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace tells host Marco Werman that the new evidence has not swayed China and Russia, and so Washington is unlikely to get tough international sanctions against Tehran.