[Orange1998]

Sanctions are finally taking hold and Iran currency RIAL is going to be worthless soon. I believe Iran will have no choice but to make a deal to lift sanctions.

[hinckley buzzard]

Or they can follow North Korea and sell out to gangster regimes wherever they can find them. Gee I wonder what they will do.

[shibumi]

"These sanctions are barbaric"

Well let's see here.

You got your beheadings. And pedophilia. Female mutilation. Slavery. Female subjugation. Dhimmitude. Nazi apologetics. Terrorism. Stonings. The "72 virgin" thingy. Rape gangs. Honor killings. And you worship a black rock.

(That sure is barbaric of us to take away your Pop Tarts and Pringles, eh?)

[AU72]

I believe Iran will have no choice but to make a deal to lift sanctions.

Iran giving Obama a hint to 'lets make deal' to get the sanctions lifted and give him an election boost, then blow it all off in 3 months.

[Venturer]

The problem is easily resolved.

They know exactly what they have to do.

[353FMG]

You mean like the “deal” Japan made on 12/7/1941 as a result of US sanctions?

[NonValueAdded]

He's on the talking points distribution too???

[American Constitutionalist]

Go to hell Ayatollah Khamenei

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Ayatollah Khamenei decried "These sanctions are barbaric"

... and we know barbaric

[Reeses]

Cuba hasn’t surrendered after 52 years sanctions. Sanctions are primarily useful for softening up a battleground ahead of military aggression.

[EBH]

Actually, Iran Sanctions Aren’t Working

By Dina Esfandiary (Source: RFE/RL)
http://www.payvand.com/news/12/oct/1087.html

Sanctions have certainly weakened the economy. They have cut off Iran’s access to the international financial system, making it difficult for Iran to sell and receive payment for its oil. But the collapse of the rial is not as simple as that.

Iran’s economy has been mismanaged for years. The only effort made to redress it — the removal of the subsidy program in 2010 — only worsened the situation by contributing to rising inflation and unemployment. Because of this, the Iranian public appears to be having a crisis of confidence in the government’s ability and will to tackle the country’s economic problems. This is exacerbated by the fact that there seems to be no end in sight to Iran’s problems. In fact, the U.S. and the EU are working on further measures to tighten the squeeze on Iran.
(excerpt)

[TomasUSMC]

If odumbi wins, the Ayatollah will recieve megatons of Israeli flying fish.