Israeli Ambassador To The US Michael Oren: We Should Be "Imposing Crippling Sanctions" On The Teheran Regime

The Jerusalem Post reports that Ambassador to the US Michael Oren has said the international community "should be 'imposing crippling sanctions' on the Teheran regime, which is in keeping with the pledge Oren said Obama made to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in May that the US would end the engagement phase toward Iran if it were unsuccessful by year's end. Oren told The Jerusalem Post that 'there isn't an Israeli view and an American view' on the Iranian question, but rather 'one view.' However, the Obama administration is showing signs that its approach to sanctions might not be in line with the 'crippling' measures that Israel is expecting. Instead, a more calibrated approach has been emerging in which the US would press for another UN Security Council resolution this month and look at targeted sanctions rather than at disrupting Iran's energy markets and other more broad-based moves." Tweet