IRAN: Threats, Options

Ahmadinejad Predicts End For Israel, U.S. (USA Today)…Unattributed, June 3, 2008 , Pg. 5

Iran’s president said that Israel would soon disappear off the map and that the “satanic power” of the United States faced destruction.

Russia Can Be Part Of The Answer On Iran. (Wall Street Journal)…Charles Schumer. June 3, 2008,  Pg. 19

Last month, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran was installing an additional 6,000 centrifuges at Iran’s main nuclear enrichment complex. The Bush administration in turn needs to use every diplomatic tool in its arsenal to halt Tehran’s development of nuclear weapons.

Economic sanctions could cause the Iranian government to negotiate seriously with us, and might, over time, topple the theocracy. In fact, the mildest of economic sanctions – a boycott of Iranian banks by U.S. and European central banks – has already produced an economic slowdown, and unrest among Iranians.

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