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Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-iran18-2008jun18,0,5877488.story
Finally, Europe Is Ready to Step Up Sanctions
[Los Angeles Times ] Editorial - Two years of Iranian intransigence have removed any doubt that the leadership in Tehran is determined to develop the technology for a nuclear bomb - if not the weapons themselves - as quickly as possible. And after more than two years of giving Iran the benefit of every doubt, the European Union and Britain announced Monday that they will at last impose tougher financial sanctions. Of course, the sanctions are mainly symbolic, and Iran will find ways to circumvent them. But that does not make them any less important politically.