Hillary Clinton Wants Stricter Sanctions Against Iran

In a television interview, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wants more and tougher sanctions against Iran because of their nuclear program and their failed Democratic election.

In a television interview broadcast for Globovision on late Tuesday, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wants even stricter sanctions on Iran “to change the behaviour of the regime” and further touched on Iran’s nuclear program by saying that Washington was concerned of “Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, which could be very destabilizing in the Middle East and beyond.” Nevertheless, after international allegations made against the Islamic Republic of Iran for creating a nuclear program specifically for nuclear weapons, the Iranian government has denied such accusations for a long time. Mrs. Clinton went on to appeal for international support on the tougher and stricter sanctions on the country that held a controversial democratic election that saw riots and protests across Iran, “I think it is not a very smart position to ally with a regime that is being rejected by so many of their own people.” The former 2008 Democratic Presidential Candidate touched on the subject of Iran’s election, “We have seen in the last weeks that Iran has not respected its own democracy.” According to the Secretary, the Obama administration thinks, “it is not in the best interest of the world to be doing business with Iran that would promote the regime... that is not smart.” She also expressed concern regarding the alliance between Iran and Venezuela. Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is also an enemy of the United States government. In recent months, Pres. Chavez has stated repeatedly that the U.S. has tried to overthrow the Latin leader this year. During the early months of George W. Bush’s Presidency in 2002, a coup attempt was taken in Venezuela. However, after it had failed, the Bush administration tried to distant itself from it when many senior officials within Washington were tied to the failed takeover. Pres. Chavez said in his weekly radio and television address last month after the Iran election, “We call on the world to respect Iran because there are attempts to undermine the strength of the Iranian revolution.” Tehran continually denies any development of nuclear weapons; the U.S. and many of its allies believe that is the goal of the Iranian government.