5th Fleet Focus: UN Sanctions Call Upon The Navy

While Dear Leader II has been screaming for headlines with his recent Iraq visit, and blames the west for all problems in Iran and Iraq, and generally cries over the problems of a country sitting on the worlds largest oil reserve yet insists they need nuclear power; this isn't going to make the folks back home very happy.

The U.N. Security Council approved by a vote of 14 to 1 a third set of sanctions against Iran on Monday for not suspending uranium enrichment in defiance of two previous resolutions.

The new draft resolution was adopted by the council, with all of five veto-wielding permanent members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- voting in favor.

But Indonesia, a non-permanent member, abstained from voting, maintaining further sanctions on Tehran are counter-productive and that a recent International Atomic Energy Agency report says significant progress has been made in Iran's cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog.

This is the first time that a Security Council resolution on Iran has not been approved by consensus.

The resolution, drafted by Britain, France and Germany in cooperation with the United States, calls for asset freezes and travel bans on individuals related to nuclear development and inspections of cargo suspected to be linked to such development, as well as vigilance on Iranian banks.

Emphasis mine. That my friends, sounds like the beginning of a naval blockade against the Iranian nuclear industry. Just in time too, in case you haven't noticed, there is a massive number of warships from Europe that happen to be in that theater all of a sudden. I'm sure it is all unrelated.

Things just got interesting.