Trita Parsi [2]of the Ploughshares-funded National Iranian American Council [3]writes in the New York Times [4]about a proposed embargo on gasoline. He and co-author Hossein Askari explain, “In an effort to squeeze Iran into submission over its nuclear policy, Congress and the White House are edging toward a gasoline embargo. This would do nothing to force Iran into submission. In fact, it would be a blessing for the hard-line government to once again be able to point to a foreign threat to justify domestic repression and consolidate its base at a time when opposition to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is increasing among conservatives.”
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[1] https://ploughshares.org/file/1073
[2] http://www.ploughshares.org/expert/220
[3] http://www.niacouncil.org/
[4] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/15/opinion/15iht-edaksari.html?_r=1&emc=eta1