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Israel calls for "crippling" economic sanctions against Iran
25 Nov 2011 at 05:39hrs | Views
Israeli Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon on Thursday called for "crippling" economic sanctions against Iran for its alleged weapon-related nuclear program.
"Iran should be put as soon as possible in a dilemma: whether to have the bomb or to survive," Ya'alon said at a press conference after meeting with Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg in Prague.
Ya'alon accused Iran of "instigating instability in the region by supporting terror elements by money, by weapons and terrorist know-how."
"After the IAEA report, it is time for crippling economic sanctions," he said, referring to a report released earlier this month by the UN nuclear watchdog which said Iran had engaged in nuclear weapon-related research activities but fell short of concluding that the country is currently attempting to develop such weapon.
Iran had dismissed the findings in the IAEA report as fabricated by Western countries and insisted the country's nuclear activities is purely for peaceful purposes.
Meanwhile, commenting on the current situation in Syria, Ya'alon said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government was losing its legitimacy by killing 3,000 protesters, and that the president was approaching his end as a leader of Syria. He called this process "irreversible."
Ya'alon was in Prague to take a part in a forum that should become "a kind of brainstorming about co-operation between their two countries," according to Schwarzenberg.
"Iran should be put as soon as possible in a dilemma: whether to have the bomb or to survive," Ya'alon said at a press conference after meeting with Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg in Prague.
Ya'alon accused Iran of "instigating instability in the region by supporting terror elements by money, by weapons and terrorist know-how."
"After the IAEA report, it is time for crippling economic sanctions," he said, referring to a report released earlier this month by the UN nuclear watchdog which said Iran had engaged in nuclear weapon-related research activities but fell short of concluding that the country is currently attempting to develop such weapon.
Iran had dismissed the findings in the IAEA report as fabricated by Western countries and insisted the country's nuclear activities is purely for peaceful purposes.
Meanwhile, commenting on the current situation in Syria, Ya'alon said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government was losing its legitimacy by killing 3,000 protesters, and that the president was approaching his end as a leader of Syria. He called this process "irreversible."
Ya'alon was in Prague to take a part in a forum that should become "a kind of brainstorming about co-operation between their two countries," according to Schwarzenberg.
Source - xinhua
