The Obama Administration is reportedly circulating a new draft of sanctions against Iran. The draft proposes broad new sanctions on Iran’s banking, shipping and insurance industries.
The sanctions were reportedly worked out between the US and other Western nations, but have been rejected by Russia as too harsh. China has yet to respond but has previously expressed opposition to any additional sanctions on Iran.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday said the focus should be on diplomacy with Iran, not sanctions, and that the efforts for a diplomatic solution were far from exhausted.
The State Department had repeatedly insisted that everyone is in favor of the sanctions, despite the mounting evidence that this is not the case. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently conceded that it might take months to convince everyone to support the sanctions.
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The Western states,in fact the Western gangsters because is clear that is the policy taken to satisfy the demagogiesof Bibi Netaniahu and is not a policy to which adhere citizens from these Western countries.Even Livni called Israel a pariah state under Bibi and his govern but this doesn’t matter for the gangsters they “know” that they to be united
Thank god the Chinese and Russians are not controlled by the Zionist criminals.
You are right there andy.
Why Sanctions ? Iran hasn´t done anything illegal. In fact, the sanctions are therefore illegal.
As usually, Israel is pushing this, and pushing them to make the first military strike, then they, and the US will be on them like a dog on a cat.