Thursday, January 24, 2008

Crazy Mahmoud facing "punitive" UN sanctions


The major U.N. Security Council powers have agreed on a gradual increase in sanctions on Iran, including a new restriction on exporters doing business with the country, diplomats said on Thursday. A draft resolution calling for harsher penalities is also being considered. Nicholas Burns, the U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, denied Russian claims the sanctions would be minimal. Burns said the resolution was "meant to be punitive."