Treasury’s Flawed Defense of Iran Aircraft Sanctions
Last week, the New York Times examined how sanctions that prevent Iran from purchasing Western aircraft and spare parts are hurting ordinary Iranians and have contributed to a record of over 1,700 plane crash deaths in Iran over the past decade. David Cohen, the Treasury Department Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence–who is responsible for […]
Paying for the US-Iran Feud With Blood
In the summer of 2009, in the aftermath of the elections, there was obviously a lot going on in Iran. But one of the things that I remember made everyone hold their breaths in those months is probably not what you’re assuming right now. On July 15 2009, an Iranian passenger jet – a Russian-made […]