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EU Slows Down Drive to Refer Iran to U.N.

The European Union has backed away from a direct push to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council and is now only implicitly threatening Tehran with such action, according to a document obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. The document — a draft resolution drawn up for the current meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation board — now says only that suspicions over Iran’s nuclear program are “within the competence of the Security Council.” A previous draft had called for reporting of Tehran to the U.N. top decision-making body. Full Story