EU backs Iran offer with new sanction threat

Article reports that the European Union will impose new financial sanctions on Iran if Tehran fails to respond positively to a fresh offer June 2008 from the big world powers regarding its nuclear ambitions.

ESO: Background information http://www.europeansources.info/record/solanas-gambit/

Council of the European Union: Press Release: PRES/08/177 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/gena/101236.pdf

European Commission: DG External Relations: The EU and Iran http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/iran/index_en.htm

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