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February 10, 2010

How Washington Can Really Help Iran's Greens

Nader & Parsi, Foreign Policy

The shift toward targeted sanctions against the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) -- a 100,000-strong paramilitary and security force with significant business interests -- is a welcome development. However, because the IRGC controls Iran's official and underground economy, identifying sanctions that hurt only the IRGC while sparing the general population is difficult.

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TAGGED: Green Movement, Iran

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