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How to Make Iran Change Its Mind


(Diplomat-Japan) Meir Javedanfar - The Iranian regime can live without its nuclear program. But it can't live without its economy, and the recently imposed sanctions, if continued, could turn into an existential danger for the Iranian regime by precipitating an economic collapse. The West must use the current economic weakness and diplomatic isolation of the regime as a tool with which to change Khamenei's current nuclear policies. The West should be sending a message to Iran's leader that the sooner he reaches a deal with the West, the lower the economic cost will be. Similarly, the longer he waits, the more the country's economy will pay. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) these days is very much about its business interests.
2012-03-23 00:00:00
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