(Washington Post) Glenn Kessler U.S. officials had hoped they could push t - hrough a UN sanctions resolution this month or next, but China's statement Thursday suggests that it may take months of haggling to achieve that goal. China holds a veto as a permanent member of the UN Security Council. Yet some sort of UN resolution is necessary before France, Britain and Germany can win approval for what is hoped will be even tougher EU sanctions. And the European sanctions must be in place before the U.S. can try to persuade nations such as Japan and the UAE to join a coalition of countries willing to impose the promised "crippling sanctions." Ahmadinejad appears to have driven a wedge between China and the other players in the effort to restrain Iran's nuclear ambitions.
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