'US offer best chance.' Miliband
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UK: Not the time to rush for more Iran sanctions
Foreign Secretary Miliband says world powers should refrain from imposing new sanctions due to 'Tehran's chance to normalize ties with US'
Big powers should not rush to impose new sanctions on Iran at a time when Tehran has a good chance to move to normal ties with Washington, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Tuesday.
In a sharp change in US policy, President Barack Obama has offered a new start in relations with Iran after decades of deep mistrust between the two countries which are also locked in a dispute over Iran's nuclear program.
Britain, a close US ally and one of the six powers that have been trying to persuade Iran to abandon uranium enrichment, has backed the new US approach.
Miliband told Britain's parliament the US offer "represents the best chance Iran will ever have to normalize its relations with the rest of the world and above all to normalize its relations with the US"
Asked how long Britain would wait before seeking more United Nations' or European Union sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, Miliband said: "Now is not the time to be rushing for more sanctions."
