Sanktionsroulette

Die Spieler versammeln sich am Tisch, große Einsätze will keiner wagen:

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Iran on Sunday to reconsider its „dangerous“ nuclear policy, saying Tehran’s stance leaves the world community little choice but to impose „greater costs“. […]
„We are now working actively with our regional and international partners, in the context of our dual track approach, to prepare and implement new measures to convince Iran to change its course,“ she added, speaking at a U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the United States expects to gain China’s support for imposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
„We have the support of everyone from Russia to Europe. And I believe we’ll get the support of China to continue to impose sanctions on Iran to isolate them,“ Biden said on NBC’s „Meet the Press“ program.

Clintons Sanktionsbemühungen sind umso lächerlicher vor dem Hintergrund, daß Russland weiterhin am geplanten SA-20 Deal festhält:

Netanyahu was expected to try to persuade Russian leaders to implement sanctions against Tehran, and to receive assurances that the Kremlin is committed to freeze its supply of advanced S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Iran.
But Russia said Sunday that it saw no reason to stall on the sale.
„There is a signed contract (to supply S-300 missiles) which we must implement, but deliveries have not started yet,“ Vladimir Nazarov, deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council secretary, told Interfax news agency in an interview.
„This deal is not restricted by any international sanctions, because the talk is about deliveries of an exclusively defensive weapon,“ he said.

Zwar behauptete Teheran vor einigen Tagen, ein eigenes SAM-System entwickelt zu haben, dessen Leistungsdaten jene der SA-20 noch übertreffen würden, aber vermutlich glauben die iranischen Militärs ihr Wunderwaffengerede selbst nicht – weshalb dem Deal mit Russland weiterhin hohe Bedeutung zukommt.