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As Iran continues to flaunt its nuclear program against Western overtures and demands, US officials are now saying that sanctions may be the only resort to attempt to pressure Iran to change their policy on nuclear weapons:
“We must still try and find a peaceful way to resolve this issue. The only path that is left to us at this point, it seems to me, is that pressure track but it will require all of the international community to work together,” Gates said at a joint news conference with French Defense Minister Herve Morin.