The Obama Administration has promised that they will impose tough sanctions on Iran for continuing to ramp up their nuclear program and enrich their uranium supplies.
However, despite all previous promises and statements about implementing these "tough sanctions", the White House is now working to ease sanctions against Iran, fearful of the anger of other countries.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-sanctions-20100611,0,5936318.story
Secretary of State Clinton promised in April 2010 that the the US will impose "crippling sanctions" against Iran if diplomacy did not work. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6149692.ece
Earlier this month, on the eve of the United Nations Security Council vote on sanctions, Secretary Clinton promised that these would be the "toughest ever" applied to Iran.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/08/world/main6562893.shtml
The sanctions that came from the United Nations, however, were relatively mild and were poo-pooed by Iranian President Ahmadinejad who retorted, "These resolutions have no value ... It is like a used handkerchief that should be thrown in the waste bin." And from Iran's enfoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, "Nothing will change. The Islamic Republic of Iran will continue uranium enrichment activities."
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/04/Iran-Economic-Sanctions-at-the-UN-Security-Council-The-Incredible-Shrinking-Resolution
Yet, President Obama is working to subvert even these mild sanctions in Congress.
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