On the recordJune 17, 2010
on June 14, Ephraim Sneh, a former Israeli Deputy Defense Minister, wrote a column in the Huffington Post, titled ``Tickling Sanctions for Iran From the UN--It's Now Up to Congress,'' explaining that the United Nations Security Council's recent sanctions on Iran are insufficient. Dr. Sneh wrote that the Security Council's new sanctions are merely ``recommendations, not binding orders'' because they do not address the Iranian regime's greatest vulnerability, its oil and gas industry. He urges Congress to pass the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act, which he believes is ``the last option left to promote peace, to free the Iranian people and to prevent war.'' I agree with Dr. Sneh. Further, I believe it is imperative, in view of the feckless action by the Security Council, and the timid actions by the administration on unilateral designations yesterday, that Congress act without further delay to pass this new legislation to impose crippling sanctions on Iran.
