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U.N. council to hit defiant Iran with new sanctions

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council is set to impose a new round of sanctions on a defiant Iran on Wednesday over a nuclear program that Western powers suspect is aimed at developing atomic weapons.

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