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From: LindyBill	6/29/2007 8:31:08 PM
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The only question now left unanswered about the Bush Admin is: Do we or don't we attack Iran? U.S. to Get Tougher With Iran at U.N. WSJ.COM WASHINGTON WIRE BLOG In Foreign Policy Neil King Jr. reports on the ongoing diplomatic battle between the U.S. and Iran. U.S. diplomats are looking to get tough with Iran at the United Nations with a third sanctions resolution meant to include many of the harsher punishments dropped from the first two, which passed in December and March. Bush aides hope that rising ire in Moscow and Beijing over Iran's continued nuclear work will overcome Russia and China's misgivings over steps that might hit Tehran harder. Measures under consideration include a wide-ranging travel ban on Iranian officials, an embargo on sales of arms to Iran, and a tougher clamp down on several big Iranian banks. Bush administration officials, meanwhile, are disputing reports out of Vienna that the U.S. and its European partners have agreed to hold off on any new sanctions so long as Iran stops moving ahead on its controversial uranium-enrichment work. The offer, according to some wire-service reports, would then allow Iran and Europe to resume talks that broke off nearly two years ago. The U.S. and Europe have insisted for well over a year that they would begin talks with Iran only if it first agrees to suspend its uranium-enrichment work, which has moved ahead briskly in recent months. "There is no shift. When they stop enriching, we'll start talking," one U.S. official said. "Nothing has changed." Where to go next on Iran is sure to be a significant topic when President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin begin a two-day summit in Maine on Sunday. The two leaders may also discuss a proposed agreement allowing countries that want atomic energy access to nuclear materials — if they give up any nuclear enrichment programs of their own.

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