The sanctions, agreed on by most of the UN security council, will be weaker than originally envisaged by the United States and its European allies but will target the military-industrial infrastructure of the Revolutionary Guard.
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They will also ban a wider range of military imports into Iran, including helicopters and missiles, according to a draft that is likely to be voted through on Wednesday or Thursday…
“I have said that the US government and its allies are mistaken if they think they can brandish the stick of resolution and then sit down to talk with us,” Mr Ahmadinejad said at a regional security conference in Istanbul.
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