Obama claims that the sanctions coerced the Iranian people into choosing a more moderate leader that in turn would favour a moderate approach on the nuclear issue. Yet this theory contains a number of holes. Embedded in the argument that the sanctions, coupled with military threat, are the main reason for Iran’s current position is another paradoxical and bald assertion: that the Iranian political system actually allows for the representation of the people’s political will and interests. In a sudden but convenient shift of rhetoric, the hawkish champions of sanctions find themselves in the awkward position of vindicating Iran’s political system of fundamental democratic shortcomings. jadaliyya/pages/index/16989/between-convenient-misreading-and-mythology_the-ir#_ftn3
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 20:29:23 +0000
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