Barak Says Iran Sanctions Have Further to Go Before Strike

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called for “tight, ratcheted-up” sanctions against Iran to force the country to curb its nuclear ambitions, and said the political process had further to go before a military strike.

“We’re still in the sanctions stage and we expect them to become even more tight,” Barak said at a press conference today in Tokyo at the end of a four-day visit. “I think there is consensus in most capitals of the world that Iran should not be allowed to turn into a nuclear military power.”