BREAKING NEWS - Diplomatic Breakthrough on Iran:
The P-5 of the Security Council reached agreement on Wednesday on how to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions after concessions were made to Russia and China, Britain announced.
"Our colleagues in the P-5 have reached an agreement on a text," Britain's U.N. Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry told reporters. The full 15-member council considers the issue later on Wednesday and could formally approve the statement, hours before ministers of the five powers and Germany meet in Berlin.
UPDATE @ 5:09pm: The Security Council has unanimously approved a presidential statement demanding that Iran suspend uranium enrichment, the first time the powerful body has directly urged Tehran to clear up suspicions that it is seeking nuclear weapons. The statement asks the IAEA to report back in 30 days on Iran's compliance with demands to stop enriching uranium.
The document was adopted by consensus and without a vote after a flurry of negotiations among the P-5, which has the power to impose sanctions. In the end, Britain, France and the U.S. made several concessions to China and Russia, Iran's allies, who wanted as mild a statement as possible.
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