Dubai's Iranians worry about EU sanctions
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23-Jan-2012 (2 comments)


As the European Union decides to ban oil imports and impose other economic restrictions on Iran, the BBC's James Reynolds speaks to Iranians living in Dubai about the effects it could have on their livelihoods.

Dozens of black and grey sacks are lined up next to the edge of Dubai creek.

Workers pick up the sacks and pass them on to a battered boat.

On board, three men confer quietly - perhaps about the 15-hour trip they face to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas.

Anwar Etebari watches his workers. The sacks contain textiles that he is exporting to Iran, his native country.

"What do you think of the new sanctions against Iran?" I ask him.

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vildemose

Citizens inside Iran

by vildemose on Mon Jan 23, 2012 03:05 PM PST

Citizens inside Iran appear uncertain of the effect of the new sanctions. In recent months their currency has lost much of it value against the dollar. Reports suggest that some have decided to stockpile provisions in case life gets worse.

Iran's guaranteed income from its most valuable asset - its oil - is now in question. Its tankers in the Gulf which once headed to Europe will now have to find somewhere else to go.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.


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G. Rahmanian

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G. Rahmanian
Mon Jan 23, 2012 01:39 PM PST

خلاص!


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