Iran Refuses to Budge on UN Demands

Iran called Wednesday for talks with the United States – but despite a U.N. Security Council deadline did not budge on council demands that it mothball its uranium enrichment program or face harsher sanctions.

Amid Iran’s nuclear defiance, the U.N. nuclear watchdog finalized a report to be released Thursday that is expected to formally confirm the Islamic republic’s refusal to freeze enrichment – a conclusion that could subject it to tougher U.N. sanctions.