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Sanctions derail diplomacy on Iran
By Richard Javad Heydarian
Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. Please click here if you are interested in contributing.
Mohammad ElBaradei, former International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief, used to say using the so-called "carrot and stick approach" on Iran - simultaneous use of sanctions and incentives to induce cooperation - is doomed to fail, because "Iran isn't a donkey". Others would go further and say that Iran is a proud civilization, and an ambitious regional power, which will not give up an iota of its nuclear...
Sanctions derail diplomacy on Iran
By Richard Javad Heydarian
Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. Please click here if you are interested in contributing.
Mohammad ElBaradei, former International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief, used to say using the so-called "carrot and stick approach" on Iran - simultaneous use of sanctions and incentives to induce cooperation - is doomed to fail, because "Iran isn't a donkey". Others would go further and say that Iran is a proud civilization, and an ambitious regional power, which will not give up an iota of its nuclear...
