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Russia, China closer to approving Iran sanctions
Iran's defiant pursuit of its nuclear program has tested the patience of Moscow and Beijing and increased the chances that they might support sanctions against Tehran, analysts said on Friday.
After President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's latest provocation -- a vow to build 10 more uranium reprocessing plants -- diplomats in Western capitals now dare to hope that the US Security Council could unite behind a plan of action.
But experts in Moscow and Beijing warn their governments remain unwilling to support the kind of severe financial embargoes and targeted trade restrictions favored in Washington, Paris, London and Berlin.