The Reuters reported on Monday Dec. 10, that world powers will hold talks on Tuesday over finalizing the text of a third U.N. sanctions resolution against Iran which could be voted on in the coming weeks, said U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday.

Speaking at a women’s foreign policy forum in Washington, Rice said political directors from the United States, France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China would hold a conference call on Tuesday to discuss Iran. “They are working on finalizing the Security Council resolution — the text of one — that will then be sent to the Security Council to be voted sometime in the next several weeks,” said Rice.
“If Iran will cease its enrichment — suspend its enrichment and reprocessing activities — I am prepared to meet my counterpart…” said Rice.

Another article published in the Washington Post in Dec. 11, indicated that a draft U.N. resolution on Iran circulating among the world’s major powers calls for new sanctions against the elite Quds Force and a top Iranian bank (Bank Melli) as well as “restraint” and “vigilance” on the supply, sale or transfer of arms to Iran, according to sources familiar with the proposal.
The proposal specifically designates the Quds Force, the foreign operations branch of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, for exporting arms prohibited under previous resolutions and for proliferation activity. It is highly unusual for the world body to sanction a military wing of a member state, officials say. The proposed measure would freeze any of its assets abroad, make business dealings with it illegal and isolate it financially, they add.