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Originally Posted by octothorp
and sanctions have proved to be ineffective towards short-term resolution), .
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Putting the squeeze on Iran's oil industry . . . . a recent look at internal subsidies, shortages and economic vulnerabilities.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...home-headlines
That being said there is lots of poverty, the ahmadinenejad government does a terrible job of caretaking to there own people.
He appears to be losing his popular support to some extent . . . . hence some of the ruling Mullah's distancing themselves from him or publicly criticizing him in recent weeks. Without them restricting opposition candidates from running against him, he'd have a problem. The results of some recent sub-elections were considered a slap to his face.
We'll see. A country with one product to sell can gravitate between being both powerful and profoundly vulnerable.
Cowperson