MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States will press other major world powers on Tuesday to consider what it called targeted sanctions against Iran as an April 30 U.N. deadline loomed for Tehran over its nuclear program.
World crude oil prices topped $70 a barrel on Monday, the highest level for nearly eight months, as Iran's pursuit of its nuclear program heightened market fears Washington might take military action against the oil-producing Islamic Republic.
But U.S. talk of laying the groundwork for possible force is widely expected to be dismissed when the
U.N. Security Council's five veto-wielding permanent members -- the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia -- meet together with Germany.
Russia and China strongly oppose sanctions or the use of force. Apart from the United States, the others -- including close U.S. ally Britain -- oppose military action.
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