The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council agreed on a statement Wednesday demanding that Iran suspend uranium enrichment, setting the stage for the first action by the powerful body over fears that Tehran wants a nuclear weapon.You can demand all you want, but if you rule out sanctions and oppose using force, you are not making a credible demand. You are only talking, giving Iran more time to achieve its ends. There is no sovereign power that will accede to these demands. It appears Europe has learned no lessons since giving Czechoslovakia to the Germans in WWII.[...]
The West believes council action will help isolate Iran and put new pressure on it to clear up suspicions about its intentions. They have proposed an incremental approach, refusing to rule out sanctions.
U.S. officials have said the threat of military action must also remain on the table.
Russia and China, both allies of Iran, oppose sanctions.
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In Moscow on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov repeated his stance that Moscow would not support the use of force to solve the Iranian nuclear problem.
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