US marches toward sanctions on Iran

The George W Bush administration, prioritizing the so-called Iran threat, has picked up speed in its march toward United Nations sanctions on Iran, with key government officials going on the offensive against Iran both on Capitol Hill and at the divisive nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference in New York. Like the jaws of a deadly pincer, two high-ranking officials with the US State Department took all the media limelight they needed to level new accusations of Iranian proliferation and demand immediate action by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to complain against Iran to the UN Security Council.