NIAC Action Memo: IRGC Economic Exclusion Act (S. 925)
S. 925 — the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Economic Exclusion Act — would have minimal sanctions impact on the already heavily-sanctioned IRGC, Iran’s primary military force that has historically thrived amid broad sanctions on the Iranian economy. However, S. 925 would have a deleterious impact on the Iranian people while restricting a successor administration’s ability to de-escalate tensions with Iran.
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 […]