G20: Iran’s nuclear program watched by superpowers
26.09.2009 14:56 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev have agreed to consider additional sanctions on Iran
if it failed to respond to Western proposals.

Mr. Obama demanded Iran `come clean’ about its nuclear program and
said the unity of the global community should put the Islamic Republic
`on notice’ that it must heed international rules.

There is `unity on the part of the world community saying that Iran’s
actions raised grave doubts in terms of their presentation that their
nuclear program was for peaceful purposes,’ Obama said at a news
conference concluding a summit of the Group of 20 nations in
Pittsburgh.

"Sanctions, serious additional sanctions, remain a possibility,’ he
said, calling on Tehran to "seize the opportunity" of negotiations
with the six powers (Germany, China and the U.S., France, Britain and
Russia) on the Iranian nuclear case.

Mr. Medvedev, who has expressed public doubts about the value of
sanctions, indicated that he is open to enforcing penalties on
Iran. `Sanctions may be inevitable,’ he said.

`When all instruments have been used and failed, one can use
international legal sanctions,’ Medvedev said.

He said nations should promote `positive incentives for Iran’ to try
to win compliance from the country. `Should we fail in that case,
we’ll consider other options,’ Medvedev said.