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Last week, President Barack Obama reminded the Iranian government of his end-of-the-year deadline for Iran to enter negotiations regarding its nuclear program, and the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors passed a resolution calling on Iran to suspend its nuclear activities. The Iranian regime responded to these overtures with a flat rejection and an aggressive promise to build an additional 10 enrichment plants. In response, the administration is reaching out to Russia, China, and our European allies to win support for tough new sanctions at the United Nations Security Council at the beginning...
...energy sector. Divestment should not be considered lightly, but today it is a necessary tool. The Iranian regime oppresses its own people, it is the largest state sponsor of international terrorism against innocents, it has threatened genocide against its neighbors, and now it is charging forward with a nuclear program despite a global consensus in peaceful opposition. There should be an exceedingly high standard to meet for divestment, but today Iran certainly meets that standard...
...critical juncture in efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons capability. Iran has rejected a proposal to ship its low-enriched uranium out of the country for further processing and is refusing to meet the main requirement of the international community—the long-overdue suspension of its enrichment of uranium. Since Iran imports up to 40 percent of its refined petroleum, curtailing its access to fuel might have a severe impact on the Iranian economy, forcing the regime to suspend its nuclear program and open the door to relief from sanctions. As President Obama has said...
Even where the U.S. and India agree, India has been careful not to appear to be too close. India joined the U.S. and 24 other countries in voting to censure Iran's nuclear program at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna on Nov. 27. This was the third time India had voted for a similar resolution, and India didn't want to jeopardize its own safeguards agreement with the IAEA, but the Indian Foreign Ministry issued a statement clarifying that its vote shouldn't be read as support for new sanctions: "India firmly supports keeping...
...true test of India's new strategic importance is still to come. The Indian Defense Ministry has announced a massive modernization program estimated to cost as much as $100 billion over the next decade. Russia has long been India's biggest defense supplier, but the civilian nuclear deals and safeguards agreement that India has signed with several countries opens the doors for U.S. and European companies to win some of that massive spending...