Selected updates – on the hollow Iranian sanctions regime – from Is Iran’s Fist Still Clenched, checking in on extended hands, carrots and sticks, reset buttons, walls of fear, and miscellaneous other hackneyed smart power metaphors in Central Asia and beyond.
Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… Confidently Since Turkey Won’t Pursue Sanctions-Violating Companies
Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… Confidently With A Tripling Of Sanctions-Busting Turkish Trade
Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… Confidently Thanks To A $13B Rail Deal With China
Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… Confidently Now That Russia’s “Made It Clear” They Oppose “Any New Proposals” For Sanctions
Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… Confidently As Net Gasoline Producers
Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… Confidently Thanks To Boosted Oil Storage Capacity
Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… With The Help Of A Massive International Drug Network Immune To Sanctions
Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… With The Help Of Newly Promoted German-Iranian Trade Ties
Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… With The Help Of Renewed Venezuelan Gas Shipments
Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… With The Help Of Chinese Steel Exports
Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… Against Talks Thanks To “Options” Developed While Obama Engaged Them
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