Obama announced that several serious sanctions will be brought against Iran for thier 'misbehaviors' regarding their enrichment of uranium to 20% as opposed to the 3.5% they claimed they were enriching. It is in agreement in the UN, now including Russia's approval of the sanctions, that Iran was not in the right to lie about their existing nuclear program. The US has stood by the idea that Iran is clearly in attempts to construct a nuclear bomb. China, a member of the UN Security Council has remained silent on the issue thus far, but the US still plans to bring action against Iran for their actions.
It is unclear to me if the assumption that Iran was attempting to make a nuclear bomb can be made, simply because they were enriching 20% uranium, where as they would need up to 90% enriched to produce a bomb. However, their actions are suspect, and I am not sure if their word can be trusted at this point. Perhaps sanctions is the best way presently to address the problem. My only issue is that if we already say we can not trust Iran, how can we assume this was their only illegal plant? I feel that we should be searching like crazy for another plant hidden somewhere that could be producing even more enriched uranium.
Links:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/163a765e-15a8-11df-ad7e-00144feab49a.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,577345,00.html
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