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UN Agency Censures Iran

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Russia, China sign on.

For the first time in four years, the UN's nuclear watchdog agency voted to censure Iran for building a uranium enrichment plant in secret, while Iran said the "undue" rebuke would hinder its cooperation with the agency. The rebuke passed with Russian and Chinese backing, but it's unclear if those countries would back painful economic sanctions on the country. Iran says its nuclear facilities are for peaceful purposes only.

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