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Sat 07 Jul 2006Call for UN sanctions vote against IranUN: Britain, France and Germany have introduced a draft UN Security Council resolution demanding that Iran stop enriching or reprocessing uranium by next month or face unspecified sanctions.The US-backed resolution, introduced on Thursday night, calls on states to prevent trade in ballistic missiles and nuclear technology to Iran. It also would require Iran to submit to more intrusive UN inspections than are required by the 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty.