US says powers willing to deal with Iran at UN

WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) After Iran rejected Western pressure for an immediate response to an international offer on curbing its nuclear programs, the United States today said major powers had previously agreed to deal with Tehran at the UN if the Islamic republic failed to reply.

The comment by State Department spokesman Sean McCormack reiterated a weeks-old US position, but pressured America's partners to hold to their agreement on the eve of a meeting of major powers' foreign ministers to discuss Iran.

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