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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/28/opinion/28sat1.html
The Europeans Stop Foot-Dragging on Iran
[New York Times ] Editorial - It has been nearly two years since the UN ordered Iran to stop enriching uranium. Tehran continues to defy that order, and its scientists are getting closer to mastering a process that is the hardest part of building a nuclear weapon. So we welcome the EU's decision - after much foot-dragging - to impose new sanctions on Iran that go beyond what the UN Security Council has mandated. Europe's patience, we hope, is finally wearing thin and the tightening financial squeeze may yet have impact.