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October 20, 2009

U.S., Iran Wage Quiet Economic War

Tom Gjelten, NPR

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Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards march during a military parade in Tehran in September 2008 to commemorate the 28th anniversary of Iran's 1980-1988 war with Iraq. The semi-independent group has taken over dozens of companies in the country.

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards march during a military parade in Tehran in September 2008 to commemorate the 28th anniversary of Iran's 1980-1988 war with Iraq. The semi-independent group has taken over dozens of companies in the country.

Even as much of the world wonders whether the United States or Israel will take military action against Iran's nuclear facilities, the conflict on another Iranian battlefield escalates largely unnoticed: a war over the Iranian economy.

On one side is Iran's Islamic...

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TAGGED: Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, the 28th anniversary of Iran, Tehran

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