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Raising the Costs of Iran's Nuclear Program
[Washington Institute for Near East Policy] Patrick Clawson and Michael Eisenstadt - The U.S. should take unilateral and multilateral steps parallel to the UN track, including pressuring Iran economically through stricter enforcement of existing regulations, offering Tehran the prospect of appropriate inducements, implementing security measures that dissuade and deter the regime, making the preventive military option more credible, and promoting reform regardless of the nuclear situation. Even if such measures prove ineffective in the face of a clerical leadership dead set on nuclear development, they can still serve as proof that Washington is pursuing every peaceful option possible, thus strengthening the U.S. position if more severe measures become necessary.