Security Council Imposes Sanctions on Iran
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The United Nations has cracked down and Iran has snapped back. Will sanctions have any effect? Sara Terry guest hosts. (An extended version of this program was originally earlier today on To the Point.)
After months of deadlock, the United Nations Security Council has agreed to impose limited sanctions on Iran for its refusal to stop its uranium enrichment program. On Sunday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad responded by insisting that his nation is a nuclear country, triggering concern among his Arab neighbors. What happens next? What impact will the sanctions have? How do recent elections in Iran affect relations with the West? How are Iran's Arab neighbors responding to Iran’s increasingly bold nuclear rhetoric? Sara Terry guest hosts. (An extended version of this program originally aired earlier today on To the Point.)
Guests:
- Trita Parsi: President of the National Iranian American Council, @tparsi
- Gal Luft: Executive Director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
- Abbas Milani-good: Co-Director, Hoover Institution'sIran Democracy Project
- Anne Barnard: Correspondent, The Boston Globe, @ABarnardNYT
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Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.
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