{"id":34597,"date":"2013-03-18T08:16:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T12:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=34597"},"modified":"2013-03-18T08:16:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T12:16:49","slug":"sanctions-having-no-visible-effect-on-irans-nuke-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=34597","title":{"rendered":"Sanctions having no visible effect on Iran’s nuke program"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post<\/a> reports this morning that Iran is defiant in the face of the economic sanctions which have been in place for years to influence them to discontinue their nuclear weapons programs;<\/p>\n

The Iranian regime shows no sign of giving in. On Thursday, a powerful cleric taunted the U.S. administration, vowing that economic pressure could never force Iran to abandon its nuclear program.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Iranian nation is committed to resist arrogant powers, including the United States,\u201d said Ali Saeedi, the Iranian supreme leader\u2019s personal representative to the elite Revolutionary Guard Corps.<\/p>\n

Obama administration officials insist that the full effect of sanctions is not yet apparent, and they say Iran\u2019s economic pain will deepen in the coming months. Still, U.S. and European officials and diplomats acknowledge that they are waiting for clear signs that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, is willing to change course.<\/p>\n

Marine Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Central Command, said Iran has accelerated its nuclear program in the past year, despite the diplomatic and economic pressure. Iran continues \u201cenriching uranium beyond any plausible peaceful purpose\u201d and is probably using negotiations to stall for time, Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 5.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, there was a decade of sanctions imposed on Iraq to influence them to cooperate with UN weapons inspectors and that didn’t work. There have been sanctions on Iran since 1979, yet we’re told to believe that those sanctions will begin to work any day now. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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