Senior officials from the United States, China, Russia, Britain, France
and Germany will meet here Friday to discuss the Iran nuclear issue, the State
Department announced yesterday.
The six countries will try to find new way to persuade Iran to halt its
sensitive nuclear work, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.
The scheduled meeting follows U.S. call on Monday for Iran to stop enriching
uranium and other reprocessing activities or face the possibility of further
sanctions.
According to a Monday report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, due
to Tehran's block, it had been unable to make much progress in investigating
Iran's suspect nuclear program.
The United States and its allies have accused Iran of developing nuclear
weapons, but Iran insists that its nuclear program is only for peaceful
purposes.
Iran till now has been under three UN sanctions over its disputed nuclear
program.
