[GeronL]

duh

sanctions are meant to put pressure on a government. How do you think you put pressure on a government??

duh

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Too bad too sad.

[wesagain]

WHO CARES?

[a fool in paradise]

So President Obama isn’t just sh!tty with his policies on American jobs. Those looking for honest work in Iran are also up CindySheenhan Creek without a paddle.

[marron]

The USA and EU sanctions on the Iranian economy, which have taken a hard toll on common Iranians, have also adversely affected Afghans

Sanctions are intended to avert nuclear war. I wonder if the writer would say that nuclear war takes a hard toll on common Iranians and Afghans.

[jeffc]

How much did the UN care when sanctions against South Africa apartheid hurt the common South African blacks? Propaganda is propaganda.

[Cyber Liberty]

“Women and children hardest hit.”

[Uncle Miltie]

I trust “Ahmad” from the United Nations.

Hey, what’s so funny?

[Uncle Miltie]

Ahmad Shuja is a writer, blogger and analyst. He writes primarily about development, security, nation-building, policy, democratization and issues pertaining to the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. He is an assistant editor at Iran Times, a contributor to the Huffington Post, and maintains his personal blog. He has appeared on the BBC, Al-Jazeera English, FOX News, the Kojo Nnamdi Show, TOLO News, Voice of America and other outlets. His day job is with the the Foundation for Afghanistan, a DC- and Kabul-based nonprofit organization that works to build human capacity in Afghanistan. Ahmad tweets at @AhmadShuja

[Moltke]

So whines the UN Dispatch. Meh.

[BlackVeil]

I do feel sorry for the Afghan refugees in Iran. Life is very difficult for them. There are numerous Iraqi refugees also.