The U.N. Security Council passed a fresh set of sanctions on Wednesday with a 12-2 vote. The sanctions [2] will take aim at the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' military purchases, trade and financial transactions related to Iran's nuclear program. President Obama [3] and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice [4] called the new sanctions the toughest Iran has faced yet.
The Security Council's overwhelming consensus, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argued, is a major accomplishment. She said [5], "When we started this effort, there was no appetite in the international community for further pressure in the form of sanctions." President Obama said [3] that the 12-2 vote "sends an unmistakable message about the international community’s commitment to stopping the spread of nuclear weapons."
Many Ploughshares Fund grantees have been called on to comment in news stories over the past 24 hours:
U.N. Approves New Sanctions to Deter Iran - The New York Times [link [6]]
U.N. imposes another round of sanctions on Iran - The Washington Post [link [4]]
Can UN's latest Iran sanctions be a game-changer? - Christian Science Monitor [link [11]]
Links
[1] https://www.ploughshares.org/file/1847
[2] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/09/AR2010060904917.html
[3] http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-united-nations-security-council-resolution-iran-sanctions
[4] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/09/AR2010060902876.html?wprss=rss_world
[5] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/world/americas/10diplo.html
[6] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/world/middleeast/10sanctions.html?src=me
[7] http://ploughshares.org/expert/241
[8] http://www.cfr.org/
[9] http://ploughshares.org/expert/102
[10] http://isis-online.org/
[11] http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2010/0609/Can-UN-s-latest-Iran-sanctions-be-a-game-changer/(page)/2
[12] http://ploughshares.org/expert/37
[13] http://www.armscontrol.org/