Western nations suspect Iran wants to build a nuclear weapons capability

      The UN Security Council has unanimously passed a new resolution on Iran to "comply, and without delay, with its obligations" under past resolutions and co-operate with the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA. The draft was agreed after Russia said it would not support further sanctions. But Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, said the new resolution would cause "mistrust" and would not help global peace and security. In a report last week, the agency said that without further information, it would not be able to provide assurances about Iran's nuclear programme to the international community. Resolution 1835 therefore called on Iran to "comply fully and without delay" with previous Security Council resolutions and meet the requirements of the IAEA. It also reaffirmed the Security Council's "commitment to an early negotiated solution to the Iranian nuclear issue" and welcomed the "dual-track approach" by its five permanent members along with Germany. The draft resolution was put forward after a surprise foreign ministers' meeting in New York on Friday, and talks between Russia and the US, media reported.(18,07)