New and Tougher Sanctions Won’t Stop Iran

While visiting Jerusalem earlier this week, the French foreign minister pledged that he would push for new multilateral sanctions against the Iranian nuclear program. Congress, meanwhile, has included significant new economic measures against Iran in its recent package of national-security bills. And since last month’s drone and missile attack, even the White House has shown signs of moving away from its tacit policy of minimally enforcing existing sanctions. But Sever Plocker, one of Israel’s most prominent economists, is skeptical: