Iran: Ow! You're hurting me!
Iranian authorities acknowledge impact of sanctions
By Jason Rezaian, WashPost, Published: July 2
With downgraded nuclear talks with world powers set to begin Tuesday, there are growing signs in Iran that Western sanctions are hurting the nation’s economy and alarming its decision-makers.
Authorities remain defiant, but they increasingly are acknowledging publicly the economic pressures that Iran is facing.
Their proposed responses range from military confrontation — including renewed threats to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz — to economic countermeasures. The reaction illustrates the range of voices vying for influence at a particularly tense period in the Islamic republic’s history.
On the eve of low-level technical talks in Turkey over Iran’s nuclear program, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi warned Monday that “the other side has no choice but to find an agreement; otherwise confrontation will be the alternative,” the semiofficial Iranian Students’ News Agency reported. The talks, following three rounds of unsuccessful negotiations between Iran and six world powers, are aimed at finding enough common ground to salvage the negotiating process.
(More here.)
With downgraded nuclear talks with world powers set to begin Tuesday, there are growing signs in Iran that Western sanctions are hurting the nation’s economy and alarming its decision-makers.
Authorities remain defiant, but they increasingly are acknowledging publicly the economic pressures that Iran is facing.
Their proposed responses range from military confrontation — including renewed threats to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz — to economic countermeasures. The reaction illustrates the range of voices vying for influence at a particularly tense period in the Islamic republic’s history.
On the eve of low-level technical talks in Turkey over Iran’s nuclear program, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi warned Monday that “the other side has no choice but to find an agreement; otherwise confrontation will be the alternative,” the semiofficial Iranian Students’ News Agency reported. The talks, following three rounds of unsuccessful negotiations between Iran and six world powers, are aimed at finding enough common ground to salvage the negotiating process.
(More here.)
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