Clinton expects Iran ‘to pull some stunt’ soon
With a possible U.N. Security Council vote on a sanctions resolution against Iran this week, Secretary Clinton declared yesterday: "I fully expect Iran to pull some stunt in the next couple of days because they know that sanctions are on the way." According to the Associated Press, her tough words also included: "I think we ...
With a possible U.N. Security Council vote on a sanctions resolution against Iran this week, Secretary Clinton declared yesterday:
With a possible U.N. Security Council vote on a sanctions resolution against Iran this week, Secretary Clinton declared yesterday:
"I fully expect Iran to pull some stunt in the next couple of days because they know that sanctions are on the way."
According to the Associated Press, her tough words also included:
"I think we will see something coming up in the next 24 to 48 hours where Iran says, ‘Wait a minute, wait a minute, look at what we’re going to do now.’"
Clinton made the remarks as she departed on trip to Latin America, where she is expected to urge Brazil, an elected Security Council member that doesn’t support U.N. sanctions against Iran, to come over to the U.S. side on the issue. As explained in the recent FP piece, "Ahmadinejad’s Sugar Daddy," Brazilian ethanol could help Iran outwit the United States on sanctions.
Just a couple of weeks ago at the Brookings Institution, as seen above, Clinton said, "We think buying time for Iran, enabling Iran to avoid international unity with respect to their nuclear program, makes the world more dangerous not less."
Preeti Aroon was copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009-2016 and was an assistant editor from 2007-2009. Twitter: @pjaroonFP
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