Business As Usual

by Patrick Appel

Hooman Majd thinks sanctions against Iran are doing little good:

The suggestion that tensions within the leadership have been aggravated by the sanctions, or that sanctions are responsible for Iran's apparent willingness to talk, is a misreading of the political scene in Tehran. At a base level, it ignores the long history of clashes and rivalry between strong personalities in government and among the ayatollahs. Moreover, history has shown that outside threats tend to create...