Renewed Pressures

Iran's Approaches to Addressing International Terror Accusations

21 June 2016


Renewed Pressures: Iran's Approaches to Addressing International Terror Accusations

The mounting international community's accusations against Iran of supporting terrorism threaten to lead to new sanctions against Tehran. The consequences of such sanctions would not be limited to freezing Iranian overseas assets but would also include seizure of a part of these assets to pay compensations for victims of the Iran-sponsored terror attacks, which would consequently trigger an exodus of foreign investments. This raises questions about the approaches that Iran will pursue to counter the potential sanctions but are not expected to yield positive results and ease the Western pressures on Iran over this thorny issue.

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