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September 30, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/29/AR2009092902931.html

Target Iran's Weakening Regime

[Washington Post] Robert Kagan - Sanctions will not persuade the present Iranian government to give up its nuclear weapons program. But the right kinds of sanctions could help the Iranian opposition topple its vulnerable rulers. The Iranian government's behavior during and after the election has opened an irreparable breach between the regime and large elements of Iranian society, and even within the clerical ranks. The notion that the Iranian opposition will suddenly rally around Ahmadinejad and Khamenei if the West imposes sanctions is absurd. The opposition leadership is engaged in a struggle to the death with the regime. When sanctions begin to cause hardships, the opposition will press its case that the regime is leading Iran to ruin. That is the case for moving ahead with crippling sanctions as soon as possible and not waiting months for Iran's leaders to drag out talks. The writer is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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