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May 28, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/26/AR2007052600805.html

Next Step on Iran

[Washington Post] Editorial - As the UN Security Council's latest deadline for Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment passed last week, UN inspectors reported that 2,100 centrifuges were operating or under construction at the Natanz plant, more than triple the number of three months ago. There is no better alternative than returning to the Security Council, as the administration says it will do, and forging another resolution with tougher sanctions. Iran is vulnerable to economic pressure. Its oil industry counts on foreign investment, and the automobiles that choke its cities are mostly fueled by imported gasoline. Sanctions that put real pressure on the Iranian economy, combined with a continuing offer of expanded trade and security guarantees when the nuclear program is suspended, might still crack Iran's hard-line posture. In the absence of such action, the options of surrender or war will only gain ground.

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