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An unidentified poor man sells vases to tourists in Esfahan, Iran. May 09, 2011. (Illustrative photo by Shutterstock.com)

Hooray, we brought the Iranian people to their knees

With nuclear talks resuming Tuesday, the happy consensus is that the sanctions have forced Iran’s regime to blink. But hardly anyone wants to think about the effect they’ve had on the country’s 80 million people. If you Google “bringing the Iranian economy to its knees,” you’ll have a lot of reading to do. This…

By Larry Derfner October 14, 2013