The European Union said Friday that it plans to press ahead with an embargo on Iranian oil starting on July 1, after two days of talks over Tehran's controversial uranium enrichment program failed to bridge differences.
The European Union said Friday that it plans to press ahead with an
embargo on Iranian oil starting on July 1, after two days of talks over
Tehran's controversial uranium enrichment program failed to bridge differences.
"The sanctions will go ahead on the first of July," a spokesman for
the EU's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton said during a regular press
briefing in
Brussels
. The
EU plans to introduce a total embargo on the purchase of Iranian oil in a bid
to curb
Iran
's
nuclear ambitions.
The spokesman added: "We always keep our sanctions under review... but we
would move on sanctions on deeds not words."
The West suspects
Iran
's
nuclear program is aimed at developing weapons, while
Iran
says
it is for peaceful energy purposes.
A fresh round of talks between
Iran
,
Russia
, the
U.S.
,
China
, the
U.K.
and
France
is
due to take place in
Moscow
on
June 18-19, after a meeting in
Baghdad
earlier this week ended without a breakthrough to the long-running impasse.
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