Iran Sanctions Don't Work -- Counterproductive and Hurt Ordinary Iranians
Huffingtonpost / Ali Gharib
08-Nov-2010 (6 comments)

At the Middle Eastern affairs journal Muftah, Hani Mansourian takes a well warranted critical look into the human cost of sanctions against Iran.

With Iran seemingly recalcitrant on its nuclear program and the United States unwilling to put up "robust economic, political and strategic incentives that will give Iran's leaders reason to cooperate," many proponents of escalating measure hold out hope that the people of Iran to rise up and oust their regime due to ever tightening sanctions and perhaps even an eventual military attack.

While a regime change as a result of military attack is regularly dismissed by people in the know -- just ask top Iranian activists what they think -- far less attention is given to the viability of tough sanctions leading to a mass uprising.

Remember that the U.S. State Department has admitted its sanctions have expanded to pressuring ordinary Iranians -- Jamshid Average, if you will -- thus conflating the people with the government of Iran.

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Anonymous Observer

Still pretty lame...

by Anonymous Observer on Tue Nov 09, 2010 07:51 PM PST

try another one monkey.


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with your keyboard diarrhea (i.e., your comments)

by IranMilitaryForum.net on Tue Nov 09, 2010 07:44 PM PST

Bon appétit !!!!

;-)


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Anonymous Observer

You know IMF, you've been pretty prolific today

by Anonymous Observer on Tue Nov 09, 2010 06:48 PM PST

with your keyboard diarrhea (i.e., your comments).  You may want to try this before your further embarrass yourself:

 

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The armchair general

by IranMilitaryForum.net on Tue Nov 09, 2010 06:41 PM PST

What I/millions of others have been saying all along.  This regime
cannot be removed by sanctions alone.  They will go nuclear unless they
are stopped by force. PERIOD. 

 

The armchair general spoke........from the comfort of his hole!

Iran will prevail, no matter what!

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Roozbeh_Gilani

I did read about an "Eye_ranian" carpet merchant in SF....

by Roozbeh_Gilani on Tue Nov 09, 2010 08:40 AM PST

whose otherwise thriving business was being badly affected by these very weak sanctions. I also hear assortment of "middle_eastern/americans" screamingt faul about thes esanctions. I yet have to see how sanctions could make the lives of millions of unpaid/unemployed Iranian workers suffering under the islamist fascist regime any worse...

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."


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mahmoudg

of course it does not work

by mahmoudg on Tue Nov 09, 2010 07:10 AM PST

What I/millions of others have been saying all along.  This regime cannot be removed by sanctions alone.  They will go nuclear unless they are stopped by force. PERIOD. 


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