AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, The United States, acknowledging the tough task it faces to slap U.N. sanctions on Iran, urged Friday an embargo on military sales to Tehran for its suspected bid to develop nuclear weapons.
With Russia and China putting up fierce resistance to punitive measures against the Iranians, U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns stepped up the call for countries to act individually outside the U.N. framework.
