In other Iran news, US Ambassador Susan Rice said Monday that Iran’s plan to expand its nuclear program in defiance of United Nations demands makes it “more likely” that further sanctions will be sought in the Security Council.

Susan Rice: “And while we have been and will remain in close consultation with our P5+1 partners on the way forward, we have said that this is a dual-track effort. There has been an engagement track, which we have been very actively engaged in, but there is also a pressure track. And as Iran makes choices that seem to indicate that it is not at this stage ready and willing to take up the offers on the engagement track, then we will put greater emphasis on the pressure track. Time is short, and we are serious about implementing to the fullest extent that dual-track policy.”