US presents draft Iran resolution to UN: diplomats
United Nations
The United States Wednesday put forward a draft resolution to the UN Security Council seeking backing for a historic deal curtailing Iran's nuclear program as a first step for international approval of the accord.
The draft text seeks formal UN endorsement for the hard-won, ground-breaking agreement reached in Vienna on Tuesday after 18 straight days of talks which capped almost two years of momentous negotiations.
The new resolution would also replace the existing framework of seven sets of Security Council sanctions imposed since 2006 on Iran, enshrining a new set of restrictions.
"We have now formally introduced this Iran resolution into the Security Council," a US diplomat said.
Under the deal, hammered out by six world powers and Iran, a web of sanctions will be gradually lifted as Tehran takes steps to dismantle and mothball much of its nuclear program to ensure it cannot build a bomb.
A vote on the resolution could come as early as Monday or Tuesday, a diplomat said.
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