January 30, 2012 — Coral Gables — Former UN Ambassador John R. Bolton, speaking to an audience at the University of Miami’s Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies last Friday, reiterated his assertion that sanctions against Iran are not the answer to getting the country to abandon what many believe are attempts to develop a nuclear weapons program. Bolton also addressed other topics during a lecture titled “Challenges to the U.S.: Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela.”
His comments came as a team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency prepared to travel to Iran to probe allegations that the country is laying the groundwork to build a nuclear weapon. Iran has denied the charges, saying its uranium enrichment program is for peaceful purposes.
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced Bolton at last Friday’s lecture, co-hosted by ICCAS and UM’s Cuban Heritage Collection and made possible by the Goizueta Family Foundation.
