| US, France urge new sanctions against Iran |
Iran's nuclear chief, Salehi, earlier said Tehran had told the UN's nuclear watchdog it would start enriching uranium to 20% from Tuesday. | The United States and France have said new sanctions against Iran are the only option after Tehran informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it will begin enriching higher-grade nuclear fuel to a level of 20 per cent. Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, and Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, said that Iran should face "strong sanctions" over its nuclear programme, a French official said following a meeting between the two men in Paris. Earlier on Monday, Ali-Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's envoy to the IAEA, said that Tehran had handed an official letter to the UN's atomic agency saying that his country would begin enriching the fuel from Tuesday.
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