Nuclear programme already too far

The sanctions imposed by the EU are morally justified but don't go far enough and perhaps come too late, writes the liberal daily Sme: "The fact that Iran's biggest trading partner will certainly not go along with them will seriously limit the impact of the sanctions. China buys roughly one quarter of Iran's oil exports, the Europeans not even a fifth. Even Russia, which supports Iran's nuclear programme and supplies weapons to its allies, will not take part in the sanctions. But the major problem is that the sanctions come late, perhaps too late. Tehran's nuclear programme is already well under way. ... And once it has a working nuclear bomb in its hands it will feel just as invulnerable as the rulers in North Korea."

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