Mediocrates
12-21-2009, 01:05 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-harris/iran-the-truth-hurts_b_398688.html
The UN Security Council has adopted three sanctions resolutions against Iran because of its nuclear program, each with the support of the five permanent members - China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and United States. And a fourth resolution appears to be just around the corner.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has censured Iran as recently as last month for developing in secret a uranium enrichment site near Qom.
The vote was 25 to 3. Those voting against were Cuba, Malaysia, and Venezuela. Right afterwards, Malaysia indicated that its vote was in error, leaving just Cuba and Venezuela, quite a support group for Iran. As the saying goes, "Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are."
Interpol has issued "red notices" for five Iranians, including Iran's current defense minister. These red notices indicate that Argentina seeks the arrest and extradition of the five in connection with a terror attack against the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in 1994 that killed 85 people.
In February, Bahrain suspended talks with Iran on a gas deal after Iranian officials referred to the country as "the 14th province of Iran," evoking memories of Saddam Hussein's claim that Kuwait was an integral part of Iraq - and all that followed.
In March, Morocco broke diplomatic ties with Iran. Rabat accused Tehran of "intolerable interference in the internal affairs of the kingdom."
In April, Egypt lodged an official protest with Iran over Tehran's "blatant interference in internal Egyptian affairs."
In June, President Barack Obama visited Saudi Arabia. The Saudi king pressed for tougher U.S. action against Iran, fearing the geostrategic implications for his country and all the Arab Gulf states of a nuclear Iran.
The UN Security Council has adopted three sanctions resolutions against Iran because of its nuclear program, each with the support of the five permanent members - China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and United States. And a fourth resolution appears to be just around the corner.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has censured Iran as recently as last month for developing in secret a uranium enrichment site near Qom.
The vote was 25 to 3. Those voting against were Cuba, Malaysia, and Venezuela. Right afterwards, Malaysia indicated that its vote was in error, leaving just Cuba and Venezuela, quite a support group for Iran. As the saying goes, "Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are."
Interpol has issued "red notices" for five Iranians, including Iran's current defense minister. These red notices indicate that Argentina seeks the arrest and extradition of the five in connection with a terror attack against the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in 1994 that killed 85 people.
In February, Bahrain suspended talks with Iran on a gas deal after Iranian officials referred to the country as "the 14th province of Iran," evoking memories of Saddam Hussein's claim that Kuwait was an integral part of Iraq - and all that followed.
In March, Morocco broke diplomatic ties with Iran. Rabat accused Tehran of "intolerable interference in the internal affairs of the kingdom."
In April, Egypt lodged an official protest with Iran over Tehran's "blatant interference in internal Egyptian affairs."
In June, President Barack Obama visited Saudi Arabia. The Saudi king pressed for tougher U.S. action against Iran, fearing the geostrategic implications for his country and all the Arab Gulf states of a nuclear Iran.