The Islamic Republic is remaining defiant, as expected, in the growing face of economic sanctions.
Mahmound Ahmadinejad said, according to The Telegraph:
“Iran will retaliate of course, if somebody acts against Iran our response will definitely be firm enough make them regretful,” [. . . .] “Sanctions will not harm Iran.”
The government doesn’t care about economic sanctions; the leader knows it will not harm them, as it will only cause harm to the people not in power—which is exactly what Ahmadinejad wants.
We know that it will be at least a few years before the Iranians can develop The Bomb, despite this the Saudis, and many others, are sounding the alarm. Or it might be that the Saudis see the Iranians as competition—you know, that oil stuff.
These sanctions will only empower the government of Iran, by de-powering the opposition. Furthermore, these sanctions will fail to achieve any desired goal, since the government of Iran doesn’t really want free trade anyway.
