By Peter Jeary, NBC NewsLONDON -- The European Union on Monday increased economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran by ratcheting up sanctions put in place against the country’s nuclear program.
“Despite six U.N. Security Council Resolutions calling for Iran to cease enrichment-related activities, Iran continues to choose the wrong path. It is enriching uranium on a scale that has no plausible civilian justification,” British Foreign Secretary William Hague said at a meeting of foreign ministers from the 27 EU countries in Luxembourg.
At the same meeting, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton stressed the path to a negotiated diplomatic solution remains open.
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