(CBS News) TEL AVIV, Israel - The plug is about to be pulled on Iran's financial lifeline. On Thursday, an organization called SWIFT, which handles most international money transactions, moved to cut Iran out of the system.
It is the latest and most severe step yet to try to cripple Iran's economy and force the country to end its nuclear program.
If these latest sanctions don't work, a military strike would be one of the few options left, something Israel is already preparing for, as CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips reports.
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Netanyahu says Israel won't have to ask America for permisssion before launching a nuclear strike on Iran -- Daily Mail
Top Iran official: All options on the table if nuclear facilities attacked -- Haaretz
It is the latest and most severe step yet to try to cripple Iran's economy and force the country to end its nuclear program.
If these latest sanctions don't work, a military strike would be one of the few options left, something Israel is already preparing for, as CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips reports.
Read more ....
More News On Israel Preparing It's Military Options Against Iran
Netanyahu says Israel won't have to ask America for permisssion before launching a nuclear strike on Iran -- Daily Mail
Top Iran official: All options on the table if nuclear facilities attacked -- Haaretz
More News On Israel Preparing It's Military Options Against Iran
Netanyahu says Israel won't have to ask America for permisssion before launching a nuclear strike on Iran -- Daily Mail
Top Iran official: All options on the table if nuclear facilities attacked -- Haaretz
Iran Drumbeat Watch: Really Getting Ready for War? -- James Fallow, The Atlantic
Israel cranks up the perpetual war generator -- Stuart Reigeluth, Special to Gulf News
Netanyahu Makes the Case for Going It Alone Against Iran -- Karl Vick, Time