UN Sec Council must be ready for Iran action - Rice

SOFIA, Apr 27 (Reuters) The United Nations Security Council must be ready to take action on Iran over any failure to comply with international demands to curb its nuclear ambitions, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday.

Speaking at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Sofia, Rice said it was ''highly unlikely'' that Tehran would comply with international demands that it suspend uranium enrichment.

''It goes without saying that the United States believes that in order to be credible the UN Security Council of course has to act,'' Rice told a news conference before a session of talks in which NATO allies were due to discuss possible steps.

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