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Sanctions against Iran

Revisiting Iran

Fareed Zakaria
Cliff Kupchan
Joel Rosenthal
Gideon Rose
Richard K. Betts
Ian Bremmer
Nikolas K. Gvosdev
| Mar 01, 2007
The United States must find new and innovative ways to avoid the trap of a dead-end policy towards Iran. A roundtable discussion.

The Khatemi Factor: How Much Does It Matter?

Mark N. Katz | Mar 01, 1998
Change in Iran is in the air, and it could be dramatic--but this is speculative and both the timetable and the actual policy implications are impossible to specify.

Commentary

Getting Iranian Oil Sanctions Right

Adnan Vatansever | Apr 24, 2012
Sanctions strategy needs an overhaul if it is to successfully help the West resolve the issue of Tehran's nuclear-weapons program.

Are Sanctions a Fatwa on Iran?

Yousaf Butt | Jan 13, 2012
The sanctions are not about Iran's nuclear program. They are aimed at regime change.

Careful What You Wish For

Hossein Askari | Nov 01, 2010
Sanctions targeting Iran's nuclear program will backfire. Punishing Tehran's human rights abuses is another story.
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Blogs

The War Over Israel

Jacob Heilbrunn | Apr 30, 2012
Israel's internal battle and the direction of the Istanbul talks cast doubt on the claims of Iran hawks.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy on Iran

Paul R. Pillar | Apr 12, 2012
If no deal is reached in Istanbul, it will say no more about Iranian obduracy—although that will be the focus of countless commentaries—than about our own.

Iran Sanctions Leakage

Ted Galen Carpenter | Mar 23, 2012
Proponents of sanctions are too optimistic. Economic pressure will not cause Iran to give up its nuclear program.
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