SEOUL (Xinhua) -- South Korea seems to have put a brake on its drive to seek independent sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program.

As an ally of the United States, the country has been under pressure to follow the U.S. lead to pressure Iran for its nuclear program.
Washington's arms control envoy recently visited Seoul to urge some actions against Tehran.
But in the face of increasingly vociferous protest by Iranian officials, including Tehran's Ambassador to Seoul, the government seems to be reconsidering the whole issue.
""We will not hastily deal with the issue of sanctions against Iran. We will review the issue through substantial discussions with countries concerned,"" Seoul's semi-official Yonhap News Agency quoted Wednesday an unnamed high-ranking government official as saying.
The remark hints at a possible shift in the government stance, as officials only 0a week ago were actively considering independent sanctions on Iran, Yonhap said.