The Associated Press, 16 September 2008 – The Security Council should impose more sanctions on Iran over its stonewalling of a U.N. investigation into allegations that Tehran tried to make nuclear weapons, France said Tuesday.

The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, issued a damning report Monday that said Iran has repeatedly blocked an investigation into its nuclear program and the probe is now deadlocked.

“We have no other choice than to work in the days and weeks to come toward a new Security Council sanctions resolution,” French Foreign Ministry spokesman Eric Chevallier said.
He called the IAEA findings “very worrisome.”

White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe also spoke Monday of “the possibility of new sanctions” if Iran continues to defy the U.N.
The Security Council has already imposed three sets of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear defiance.