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 […]
Congress Escalates War on Aviation in Iran
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ3cHPxsi2k] You think landing a plane under normal circumstances is tough? Try landing one without the front landing gear. This rather traumatizing and harrowing experience brings up an issue that needs to be examined: the effect of sanctions on Iran’s civilian aviation fleet. The fleet is already dangerously dilapidated, crash prone and is set to […]
Obama Shifts, Iranians Seethe
The Washington Post reported on Sunday that the Obama Administration is using sanctions to prevent Iranian civilian flights from refueling in Europe—flights that serve as “the main lifeline for Iranians with the outside world.” This draconian step is particularly troubling since it is coming from an Administration that claimed to understand that isolating the Iranian […]