(Boston Globe) Editorial - The Obama administration has been pushing hard for tougher UN Security Council sanctions on Iran, while Congress has been hammering out its own list of unilateral U.S. sanctions. Yet hawks and doves alike commonly presume that sanctions aren't enough to compel Iran to forgo its pursuit of nuclear weapons. In the face of Iran's defiance of the international community, sanctions feel like a squirt gun rather than a rifle. There have been recent signs, however, that the Iranian regime may be much more vulnerable to the deprivations that go along with economic isolation than its leaders pretend. The Obama administration and the UN should press ahead on sanctions as a prod for a negotiated deal that removes the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran.
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