World powers meeting on Iran's disputed nuclear ambitions reached an accord on Tuesday on a new UN Security Council resolution against Tehran, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said.
"We agreed on the content of the next Security Council resolution," Steinmeier said after the meeting of foreign ministers from the five permanent members of the Security Council - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - plus Germany in Berlin. Steinmeier said the resolution would be presented to the Security Council "in the coming weeks."
A senior US official said the new resolution "increases the severity of the sanctions already in place and will also introduce new elements." The official added: "It extends the sanctions and it is a very swift reminder to the Iranians that the six powers are united."