EU may back Iran sanctions over damming nuclear report

THE European Union may approve fresh sanctions against Iran within weeks, after a UN agency said Tehran had worked to design nuclear bombs, EU diplomats said.

Iran denies trying to build atom bombs and its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said any US or Israeli attack on its nuclear sites would be met with “iron fists”.

The United States and Israel have refused to rule out any option to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear arsenal.