U.S. Companies Could Lose Out on Lucrative Business Opportunities in Iran, Report Finds
WASHINGTON, DC — In a recent piece for Politico, Chris Schroeder describes an exciting new generation of Iranian entrepreneurs who are ambitious, highly educated and already “see the world outside of Iran every day—often in the form of global news, TV shows, movies, music, blogs, and startups.” As the Iranian economy prepares to open up to the world […]
Engineering Economic Suffering
After hearing Ahmadinejad’s announcement on Sunday of the first phase of subsidy cuts, the world is watching and waiting to see what will come out of eliminating 30 year-old oil subsidies for Iranian citizens. With economic sanctions already taking a toll and the beginning of cuts on subsidies coming into effect, ordinary Iranians continue to […]
The (literally) suffocating sanctions against ordinary Iranians
The Washington Post today has a pretty shocking report about the effect of the US petroleum sanctions against Iran. Because the US has been so successful in imposing “draconian” measures against Iran (the Obama Administration’s words, not mine), average Iranians have faced the prospect of not being able to get petroleum for such nefarious purposes […]
US Navy Sets an Example
With some in Congress openly advocating for the punishment of innocent Iranians and the drumbeat of war growing louder, it was especially refreshing to see the American sense of humanity still alive in a recent rescue operation by the US Navy. On August 20, the US Navy rescued eight Iranian fishermen from a burning boat […]
Some in Congress Get Smart on Iran
Cross-posted from the HuffingtonPost: For more than two decades now, US policy on Iran has depended almost entirely on sanctions. Even now, Congress is set to pass the latest in a long line of “crippling” pressures: a gasoline embargo that both Republicans and Democrats believe is unlikely to alter Iran’s behavior in the slightest, but […]
Abdo: “The Rise of the Iranian Dictatorship”
Geneive Abdo, Iran analyst at the Century Foundation, wrote an article in the October 7, 2009 edition of Foreign Policy about the expanding power of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran. Abdo writes: “The secretive paramilitary group became a dominant institution in Iran — socially, politically, militarily, and economically — during Ahmadinejad’s first […]
Americans Come Face-to-Face with Iranians
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qv4rkUj6a8&eurl=http://www.picturesofyouiran.com/video.html] Tom Loughlin, an American-born lawyer-turned photographer visited Iran three times to capture Iranian life for his installation. In his artist’s statement he describes how he was inspired while taking pictures in the streets of Isfahan. “I spotted a young Persian man wearing a Dixie Chicks t-shirt. I introduced myself, and I inquired whether his […]