What Would Really Work to Stop Iran’s March to Nukes

Ali Alfoneh vom American Enterprise Institute über wirksame und unwirksame Sanktionen:

On Thursday, as Iran celebrated the birth of Hussein Ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad whose martyrdom is to Shias what the crucifixion of Jesus is to Christians, the country also celebrated Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Day.

The IRGC has defended the regime in Tehran against internal “counter-revolutionaries” since 1979 and external enemies such as during the Iraqi invasion of Iran in 1980 and the following eight years of war.

Yet, thirty one years after the revolution, the IRGC now preys upon the society it was meant to protect, and their involvement in the nuclear issue has subjected Iran to sanctions.

These sanctions are not going to work. The reason is quite simple: they fail to target the financial arm of the IRGC, the engine of Iran’s nuclear program. [Weiterlesen...]