Sanctions likely for Iranian nuclear program

Iran's nuclear enrichment plan has prompted widespread concern from the international community.

The US, Russia, and European partners are denouncing Iran's lack of cooperation and expressing worries about its nuclear program.

Russia says Iran must cooperate more actively with the UN nuclear agency if it wants to convince the world that its nuclear program is peaceful. During a news briefing, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko hinted that Moscow's patience with Iran is wearing thin.

An Iranian technician works at the control room of the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities (UCF), south of Tehran, 2007. (AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)