Iran's own politics - not Western sanctions - keep out investments
Recently I stumbled upon an article by a so-called Iran experts linked to the "reformers"( as it is obvious from her unsubstantiated stance), trying to blame the U.S. for Iran's utter mismanagement of its economy. In this relentless endeavor, she exploits the plight of the Iranian poor to deceive the American 'useful idiots' who are complicit in preserving the reformers' 'spoils-trough' directly connected to the ruling mullahs.
As it turns out, Western Sanctions have little to do with keeping out investments from Iran but you won't ever hear that from the IRI's apologists or the "benevolent" reformers. The IR is a victim of "arrogant powers" in perpetuity.
As it turns out, Western Sanctions have little to do with keeping out investments from Iran but you won't ever hear that from the IRI's apologists or the "benevolent" reformers. The IR is a victim of "arrogant powers" in perpetuity.
Iran's economic problems are intrinsic to its military clientalism power structure. A flourishing viable economy will not emerge anytime soon without complete overhaul of the system. Yes, the "economies" of the reformer profiteers and their cohorts might be affected by these sanctions but it is not going to affect those who already live in abject poverty in drug infested areas of Niavaron, and South Tehran:
The United States is on a concerted campaign to discourage foreign energy companies from doing business in Iran. But analysts say Iran's investment woes are its own fault - it could dodge international pressure and attract more foreign money by simply offering better deals.
"They are doing the embargoing for us," said Mikkal Herberg, a former oil executive now with the National Bureau for Asian Research, a think tank partially funded by the US government.
"The terms they offer (to foreign energy companies) for these deals are very poor, with low rates of return against the geopolitical risk," he said.
Even Chinese firms, eager to invest in troubled countries like Sudan, have been slow to follow through on energy deals in Iran.
The situation shows how domestic politics often hamper Teheran's ability to withstand Western efforts to curb the country's controversial nuclear program
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1 comment:
Of course they blame the US for their economic problems, Serendip, and for anything else they can think of as well. After all, we are the "Evil Empire," although I've never heard of an American sending their child out to kill people with a bomb strapped to it's chest, but nevermind... that's beside the point to them. If they were rational to begin with, there wouldn't be any problem, would there?
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