BEIJING: China's ambassador to the UN says a new US intelligence report on Iran's nuclear programme raises questions about the need for new sanctions.
The ambassador, Wang Guangya, said the UN Security Council would have to consider the new information because "now things have changed".
A US intelligence report released on Monday said Iran halted a nuclear weapons programme in 2003.
The US and its European allies are still pushing for sanctions on Iran.
Mr Wang was asked whether the new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran made the prospect of a third round of UN sanctions against Iran less likely.
"I think the council members will have to consider that, because I think we all start from the presumption that now things have changed," he said.
He said diplomats would have to think about the implications of the report for Security Council action.
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