Sanctions on Iran or Intervention are No Solutions

Zaman.com:

The western media have recently placed much focus on Iran's decision to begin nuclear studies. The following are intended to demonstrate how some major European newspapers view the situation:

Frankfurter Rundschau (Germany): Britain tends to regard any options as applicable, as if there were really many options. In fact, the western world is quite desperate, and it is inevitable that the tension will rise even more; what remains uncertain is how fast the tension will mount.

Guardian (Britain): Such foreign pressure tools as sanctions would not weaken Iran, but rather strengthen it. Neither sanctions nor military operations would work to make Iran fully understand how serious the situation is. The international community should force Iran to accept the truth. It should be regarded as a strong possibility that Iran might really have nuclear weapons. The European intelligence services should work in co-operation with the United States (US) intelligence services to come up with a feasible diplomatic project. In doing this kind of thing, we should keep in mind that apart from Israel, the Iranian society, possibly the most pro-western society in the Middle East, is our only major alliance there.

Le Monde (France): Iran has brought the matter to a point from which there is no retreat. Tehran has turned a deaf ear to the warnings of the five permanent members of the Security Council, ignoring the red line that the US and European countries have drawn.

Independent (Britain): Iran has the right to develop nuclear programs in accordance with international agreements. We ought to accept the fact; Iran is not doing something wrong. The Iranians garner great pleasure in hard deals, and they have strong nationalist views about their rights of domination. The international community has knowingly forced Iran to act counter to these two points. It is certain that Iran will continue developing its program of uranium enrichment. Iran is much too important to ignore as a source of energy; and it is much too proud to force to act in a certain way. One may not like the Iranian regime; however, they had better treat Iran, one of the key actors in the Middle East, with Iran's central qualities in mind.