In Russia, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with top Russian officials Tuesday in a bid to win support for increasing pressure on Iran. US officials said Russia continued to resist calls to back a new round of sanctions before the UN Security Council. Clinton said the US will hold off on pursuing sanctions for the time being.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton: “We believe that Iran is entitled to peaceful nuclear energy but that it is not entitled to nuclear weapons. Russia agrees with us on that. At the same time that we are very vigorously pursuing this track, we are aware that we might not be as successful as we need to be, so we have always looked at the potential of sanctions in the event that we are not successful, that we cannot assure ourselves and others that Iran has decided not to pursue nuclear weapons.”