[Wall Street Journal] Editorial - The Bush Administration is hailing as a diplomatic triumph Monday's 14-0 Security Council resolution further sanctioning Iran for its nuclear programs. For its part, Tehran calls the UN action "worthless," and unfortunately the Iranians are closer to the mark. The resolution adds a handful of names to the list of Iranians who are subject to travel bans and asset freezes. It also calls on states to exercise "vigilance" in dealing with two Iranian banks - Melli and Saderat - implicated in Iran's nuclear programs, but falls short of sanctioning them. The weakness of this resolution, though masked by the show of unanimity, demonstrates that the "international community" has reached the outer limit of what it is prepared to do to stop Iran from becoming the world's 10th nuclear-weapons state. There is no more juice to be squeezed out of this lemon. Pursuing a multilateral track on Iran has given Iran vital time to develop its nuclear knowhow and technical skill, perhaps to a point of no return.
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