Trying to force Iran to back down with steadily mounting sanctions has not produced results. Despite the tightening economic noose – the US imposed sanctions on all companies that do business with Iran’s central bank, and the European Union plans to impose sanctions on Iranian oil exports by the end of January – many nuclear experts now estimate that Iran is very close to enriching enough uranium to build a bomb.
尝试用不断加码的制裁去压服伊朗并没有收到什么效果。虽然套在伊朗脖子上的经济枷锁不断加重——美国对所有与伊朗中央银行做生意的企业进行制裁，而欧盟也计划从一月底开始制裁伊朗石油出口——许多核专家如今却估计伊朗就快浓缩得到足以制造一枚核弹的铀了。