France and Britain have introduced a draft resolution, making it mandatory for Iran to cooperate in the suspension of uranium enrichment yesterday.
Although no clear sanctions have been mentioned in the draft, it does threaten “to consider such further measures as may be necessary to ensure compliance with this resolution and decides that further examination will be required should such additional steps be necessary.”
It is clear that any kind of action is possible when Iran refuses to comply before a deadline, which has not yet been set, but is thought to be in early June.
The US has said that sanctions against Iran would be brought either through the Security Council or individual states or like-minded states acting together.
After meeting with the German Bundeskansler Angela Merkel, Bush urged Iran to stop the enrichment program to help further world peace.
The resolution would need 9 of 15 votes in the UN Security Council. Both China and Russia have made clear they have reservations about the new resolution. Both nations have the power to veto the resolution.
