Coats for Indiana Release: Coats: Iran Sanctions Too Little, Too Late

Real Meaningful Comprehensive Steps Needed


INDIANAPOLIS (June 9, 2010) – This afternoon, the United Nations Security Council passed a fourth round of sanctions against Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons capabilities. Dan Coats, Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, released the following statement:


“The sanctions resolution passed today is too little, too late.


“Proactive measures such as this should have been taken years ago. Instead, with no real incentive for the Iranians to comply, we have only bought them more time to develop a nuclear weapon which they could potentially achieve yet this year.


“While we have been flailing away with a combination of diplomacy and weak sanctions, Iran’s centrifuges have been rapidly spinning. Real meaningful comprehensive steps must be taken immediately to address this growing threat.


“Iran has already ignored three sanctions – I don’t see why the fourth will make any difference.”


Dan Coats is the co-author of a series of reports commissioned by the Bipartisan Policy Center on the Iranian threat. The next report in the series will be released later this month and will include specific recommendations about how to more effectively approach this problem.


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