Wednesday
Feb172010
Unwillingness To Negotiate Causing Global Suspicion Over Iran’s Nuclear Intentio, Say Experts
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 6:13PM
By Antonia Aguilar - University of New Mexico/Talk Radio News Service
Iran’s unwillingness to negotiate over its nuclear program, and its disregard for international pleas to cease production of uranium enrichment was the center of focus amongst a panel of international relations experts Wednesday.
“Iran has sought to overturn the balance of power in the Middle East, sought to overthrow neighboring governments and has sought to export its revolutions throughout the Islamic world,” said James Phillips, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C..
In response to Iran’s defiance, the Obama administration is seeking to establish stricter sanctions, however obtaining UN support has been a struggle within itself.
“At the end of the day, that has never been very realistic to hope that you would get genuine full UN Security Council support,” said Robert Kagan, Director of the Foreign Policy Initiative and Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Iran’s unwillingness to negotiate over its nuclear program, and its disregard for international pleas to cease production of uranium enrichment was the center of focus amongst a panel of international relations experts Wednesday.
“Iran has sought to overturn the balance of power in the Middle East, sought to overthrow neighboring governments and has sought to export its revolutions throughout the Islamic world,” said James Phillips, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C..
In response to Iran’s defiance, the Obama administration is seeking to establish stricter sanctions, however obtaining UN support has been a struggle within itself.
“At the end of the day, that has never been very realistic to hope that you would get genuine full UN Security Council support,” said Robert Kagan, Director of the Foreign Policy Initiative and Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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