” The mind boggles. “
I guess I’ve been watching this stuff for too long — not sure my mind is capabable of ‘boggling’ anymore... ;~)
Good morning, Mom.....
In case there’s anybody out there in the big wide world who still cares —
UN approves fresh sanctions against Iran
Telegraph UK ^ | 2:39am GMT 04/03/2008 | David Blair, Diplomatic Editor
Posted on 03/03/2008 11:06:28 PM CST by fishhound
The United Nations has escalated the pressure over Iran’s nuclear programme by imposing more economic sanctions on Teheran.
The Resolution, passed by 14 votes to nil in the Security Council with one abstention, was the culmination of months of diplomatic effort by America and Britain.
The UN Security Council, which approved fresh sanctions against Iran The UN Security Council imposed the new sanctions because Iran has continued to enrich uranium
This was the third round of UN sanctions to be imposed on Iran.
The Resolution places travel bans and asset freezes on 12 Iranian individuals and 13 companies linked to the nuclear programme.
It also introduces monitoring of two state-owned banks, Melli and Saderat.
The Security Council took this step because Iran has continued to enrich uranium in breach of three earlier Resolutions.
This procedure could be used to make weapons-grade uranium, the essential material for a nuclear weapon.
David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, said the Resolution should send a “very clear message” that the “world community is not turning its back on Iran”. advertisement
If Teheran stopped enriching uranium, there was “economic, scientific, technological cooperation on offer, on the table, ready to deliver benefit for the Iranian people,” he said.
Mr Miliband added: “There are those who said the international community would fracture or blink. In fact it hasn’t because everyone’s very worried about the prospect of this issue continuing to haunt the Middle East.”
But opposition from China and Russia, who both have close commercial links with Iran, delayed this Resolution for months.
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LOL! It was just SUCH a blatant mischaraterization I couldn’t help but boggle:)