Sanctions, while useful, work only in the very long term, and a change in the balance of power within the country is not foreseeable in the short term. So it is only a matter of time – and not much time – until Iran’s neighbors and the international community will confront a fateful choice: either accept Iran as a nuclear power, or decide that the mere prospect, as it becomes more realistic, is leading to war.
一直以来所有谈判努力都宣告无效，伊朗照样进行铀浓缩并改进自身核技术。制裁虽然有效，但却只能造成长期影响，而短期内这个国家的权力制衡状态似乎没什么改变的迹象。因此这只是个时间问题（也不剩多少时间）：伊朗的邻国以及国际社会都将最终面对一个命运的抉择——要么承认伊朗作为核势力的存在，要么选择一个发生概率最小但也越来越现实的选项：战争。