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Why Iran’s Theocrats Will Never Trade the Islamic Republic for Luxury
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Why Iran’s Theocrats Will Never Trade the Islamic Republic for Luxury

  • Stephen D. Cook | RealClearWire

American pundits love a simple story. Squeeze the Iranian elites hard enough with sanctions, blockade their oil, freeze their accounts, and the men who live in the shadows of power will finally feel the pinch on their villas, their Swiss transfers, and their children’s overseas educations. They will grow pragmatic. They will come to the table. They will trade the bomb and the axis of resistance for the chance to keep their fortunes and their comforts.