Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, ostensibly in London for a pair of key conferences on Yemen and Afghanistan, has actually been spending a growing portion of her time there hectoring her follow foreign ministers to support yet more sanctions against Iran.
Though Clinton insisted just a few weeks ago that the December 31 deadline for Iran to accept the third party enrichment deal wasn’t really a deadline at all, she today declared that the world had no option but to apply the sanctions to punish Iran for failing to meet the deadline.
Clinton said Iran’s failure to meet the deadline was a “turning point,” which had created a growing consensus about the need for UN Security Council backed sanctions.
At present those measures are being blocked by China, which has insisted that sanctions would be counterproductive so long as Iran continues to call for more talks. Clinton expressed optimism that China would “come around” to her way of thinking, however, and back the sanctions.
The third party enrichment deal on the table proposes that Iran send much of its low-enriched uranium overseas, with the promise that France would eventually deliver highly enriched uranium for use in a medical reactor. Iran has expressed concern that France, which reneged on a previous contract with them, might not be trustworthy, and has called for a direct exchange, but also expressed openness to an intermediary (Turkey has been suggested) holding the uranium until the deal is completed.
Western officials condemned the counteroffers as unacceptable, and have rejected calls for additional talks on the deal. Iran has suggested that it may attempt to produce the more highly enriched uranium (20 percent, still far short of weapons-grade) for itself.
Can anyone shut this bitch up?
Iran has done nothing illegal. So, the existing UN sanctions are illegal. There´s ZERO evidence that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. ZERO EVIDENCE.
Thank god China at least is not controlled by an Israeli lobby unlike America. We would probably already be at war with Iran otherwise.
Enraged that the Iranians did not take the bait for the trap that was to steal Iran's low-enriched uranium supply, the FedGov unleashes its obnoxious, yappy, minature poodle of a Secretary of State to bray like a jackass. This stunt was so blatantly obvious that one can only surmise that the FedGov has become grossly over-confident of its ability to deceive people.
Sad to say that it's pulling out the old play book thats worked in the past so we shouldn't be surprised by these "Hail Mary" threats. They'll keep on coming until the quarterback is side lined or the real bombs start falling.
the zionist entity has nuclear weapons so why shouldent Iran.Iran does not attack its neighbours.the only country to use nuclear weapons is the usa.this is the lunatic country which has been at war for 30 out of the last 50 years.Korea,Vietnam,Iraq,Afghanistan,Panama,Grenada,Cuba(bay of pigs).it also arms to the teeth every despot on the planet.who are the usa ,people caused genocide and ethnic cleansing of the native american indians.the usa should not threaten any one.
You're right, Tom but, and while I agree with you, this is like blaming the passengers on the bus for the driver being dead drunk, hitting everything in his path and now driving you over the cliff. We can either choose to not get on or take over the bus, jump off or take the plunge.
Need I say more? At least Obama is not shy about being in bed with the Devil's chosen ones