Dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions: four approaches.(OPINION)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: March 13, 2006 | Copyright information

Nuclear probation

LOS ANGELES - The International Atomic Energy Agency's decision to report Iran to the Security Council places Washington and its allies on a collision course with Tehran. Unless the disputants come up with a new strategy that overcomes serious international suspicions about the clerics' nuclear intentions while preserving Iran's rights under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), current diplomacy offers little wiggle room. As the parties dig in their heel...

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