NEW U.S sanctions will not impact Iran.

[Dammit Ann]

http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=10/5/2006&Cat=2&Num=13

i'm tired but this does not give me hope.

[maddezmom]

1. dammitann, please edit your post

As per Latest Breaking News posting rules:

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[Dammit Ann]

2. yes, maam.

i am new to this. just trying to inform. thank you for the info, i truly just want to contribute.

[maddezmom]

3. welcome to DU

:hi: Just hit the edit key at the bottom of the Original Post and add the correct headline. And you can snip a few paragraphs if you would like. :)

[Dammit Ann]

4. got it. and, again, thank you.

i love ann richards, so i hope the ma'am thing didn't piss you off. i just saw the pic and felt like i was back in school. again, i will try to behave myself, though it is hard. :smoke: :) thanks for the info, it's hard for a newbie!

[keopeli]

5. The sanctions are nothing new (Welcome to DU, dammitann!)

Thanks for finding this and posting it.

You can also post up to 4 paragraphs of information from the article if you want to.

Here's a clip:

Stephen Zunes, a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco, says the U.S. sanctions against Iran is not something new and the recent move by Washington to penalize companies that do business with Tehran will not seem to affect Iran.

“There are already extensive sanctions by the United States, so it is unlikely that these additional matters will make a difference,” Zunes said.

“Furthermore, Iran has normal trade relations with plenty of other countries, so such unilateral initiatives will not have too negative an impact,” he told the Mehr news agency in an interview on Saturday, September 30.

The political scientist maintains that U.S. has hypocritical approach toward the issue of nuclear energy, human rights, and democracy and the critics of Iranian government admit it. “Even critics of the current government within Iran tend to recognize that the U.S. position is hypocritical and full of double-standards, since the U.S. supports governments in the region which have far worse human rights records and have already developed nuclear weapons.”