3 Comments on “New Report on the Effectiveness of Iran Sanctions”

1. yousaf says:

   March 31, 2013 at 10:47 pm

   This was picked up by CSMonitor — one of the better papers:

   http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2013/0326/Report-Sanctions-may-be-speeding-Iran-s-nuclear-advancement

   Report: Sanctions may be speeding Iran’s nuclear advancement

   “Interviews with Iranian officials and others reveal that tough sanctions are hurting Iran’s economy – but may also be encouraging defiance by a regime more worried about any appearance of capitulation.”

   See also a nice graphic by the Int’l Crisis Group:

   http://crisisgroup.be/interactives/iran/sanctions/spider-web.html

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2. k_w says:

   April 1, 2013 at 7:12 am

   Dan, wrong link. Here is the full report:
   http://www.niacouncil.org/site/DocServer/Never_give_in__never_give_up.pdf?docID=1941

   And this is the link to the article “Report: Why Sanctions On Iran Aren’t Working “:
   http://www.niacouncil.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9077&security=1&news_iv_ctrl=1261

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   • Dan Joyner says:

     April 1, 2013 at 7:52 am

     Thanks very much. I’ve fixed the link now.

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