Sanctions against Iran are long time overdue, but this latest stunt from Canberra delivered just before the federal election comes as too little and too late.
Why should Australia have any diplomatic and trade links with Iran at all?
CANBERRA has announced sweeping new sanctions against Iran -- among the most severe ever -- to thwart Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
The tough measures unveiled yesterday were directed against Iran's transport and energy sector and would reinforce existing UN Security Council resolutions in addition to autonomous sanctions, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said yesterday.
For the first time, Australia would introduce measures to restrict local business dealings in Iran's oil and gas sectors, which had been used to support the country's covert nuclear program, Mr Smith said. (source)
And why it is Iran alone on the list and not Saudi Arabia, UAE and many other totalitarian, criminal organizations (posing as states), which bribe, fund terror and try their hardest to destroy our democracy?
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