A draft U.N. Security Council resolution calls for tough penalties against Iran over its nuclear activities, a senior U.S. diplomat said Thursday, rejecting Russia's claim that the document did not include harsh sanctions.
Nicholas Burns, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, said there would be several weeks of debate before the 15-member Security Council votes on the resolution. But the council's five permanent members — the U.S., Britain, France, Russia and China — approved the draft Tuesday, and Burns said he was confident it would pass. Burns said he hoped the new resolution would demonstrate to Iran that the world was determined to enforce its policies.
"The Iranians have been kind of crowing publicly that the Security Council is not going to act, the Security Council is not unified, and I think they saw that the five leading members, the five permanent members, are united," he said. "Iran should now understand that it remains in isolation."
Burns said the U.S. intelligence report about Iran's suspending its weapons program did not change the fact that Iran is violating previous Security Council resolutions, which focus on processing uranium, not weapons production.
The Israeli and U.S. administrations agree Iran poses a serious threat to regional stability because of its nuclear program. Despite a recent U.S. intelligence report that Iran has suspended its nuclear weapons program, Israel believes Iran is still trying to acquire atomic bombs. Iran insists its intentions are peaceful.
Iran is finally getting punished for their nuclear program. Even though Iran still insists that their intentions are good the permanent members agreed that they needed to be punished. The Russians tryied to persuade the Other members that Iran ment no harm but just Russia is not enough.
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