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Keeping Pressure on Iran's Nuclear Program BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (Associated Press) -
Six world powers are urging Iran to accept a U.N. plan intended to delay its ability to build a nuclear weapon.

Senior diplomats from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany met in Brussels today. An EU official says the group made no mention of imposing sanctions against Iran for its refusal to halt uranium enrichment activities. The official said the group felt it was "not the right time for it."

Meanwhile in Berlin, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency is pressing Iran to work with the international community. Mohamed El-Baradei says he'd "hate to see" the issue move back to a question of sanctions, because sanctions won't resolve it.

El-Baradei says Iranian officials have told him they won't send uranium abroad for reprocessing unless they first receive promised fuel rods. The rods can power reactors but cannot be readily turned into weapons-grade material. © Copyright 2012, Associated Press