United Nations: Iran could face travel restrictions and bans on some of its citizens and an expansion of asset freezes imposed under two earlier UN Security Council resolutions, according to a new draft resolution circulated Friday.

The five permanent members of the UN Security Council - Britain, China, France, the US and Russia - plus Germany had agreed on the proposal during a meeting in Berlin Tuesday.

The proposal also expressed the willingness of the six countries "to further enhance diplomatic efforts to promote resumption of dialogue, and consultations on the basis of their offer to Iran".

The latest measures, which will be the basis of deliberations by the 15-member UN Security Council in the coming weeks over the Iranian nuclear issue, included travel restrictions, travel bans, asset freezes, curbs on dual-use items, export credit bans, financial monitoring, cargo inspections and possible "next steps" on Tehran.

The Security Council was scheduled to discuss the Iranian nuclear issue Friday, but developments in the Middle East pushed the item to Monday, diplomats said.

According to the draft text, all states are urged to "exercise vigilance and restraint regarding the entry into or transit through their territories of individuals who are engaged in, directly associated with or providing support for Iran's proliferation of sensitive nuclear activities or for the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems".

The travel restrictions also apply to people "involved in procurement of the prohibited items, goods, equipment, materials and technology" specified in UN Security Council Resolution 1737.

The draft called for an expansion of freezes imposed under UN Security Council resolutions 1737 and 1747 to cover additional persons and entities "and any persons acting on their behalf or at their direction, and to entities owned or controlled by them".

In addition to curbs on dual-use items, the proposal also urged countries to "exercise vigilance in entering into new commitments for public provided financial support for trade with Iran in order to avoid such financial support contributing to the proliferation sensitive nuclear activities, or to the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems".

It also called for "vigilance over the activities of financial institutions in their territories with all banks domiciled in Iran, in particular with Bank Melli and Bank Saderat, and their branches and subsidiaries abroad, in order to avoid such activities contributing to the proliferation sensitive nuclear activities, or to the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems".

Source : IANS