Fox News just reported that the UN Security Council met today and unanimously voted to sanction Iran. Although it’s hard to believe, the unanimous vote was expected:
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council planned a vote on Saturday to impose new sanctions against Iran but without the presence of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who had wanted to defend his country’s refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.
The measures, aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear program, targets the country’s arms exports, the state-owned Bank Sepah and the elite Revolutionary Guards.
Late on Friday, Ahmadinejad cancelled his appearance before the 15-member council because visas for his flight crew were delivered too late for his private plane to arrive in New York before the vote, Iran’s U.N. ambassador Javad Zarif said. Washington disputes this.
Instead, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who took a commercial flight, is trying to get to the council meeting in time to address suspicions that Iran is developing nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian atomic energy program.
