Workaround - Iran: a sanctions review

Over four decades of sanctions may have prevented Iran from developing nuclear weapons but have also taught it to exploit every means of circumvention, and seek new ones. Expiry of UN Security Council Resolution 2231, shifting geopolitics and weakening hegemony of the US dollar in global finance are now ratcheting up the threat. Paul Cochranereports.

Over four decades of sanctions may have prevented Iran from developing nuclear weapons but have also taught it to exploit every means of circumvention, and seek new ones. Expiry of UN Security Council Resolution 2231, shifting geopolitics and weakening hegemony of the US dollar in global finance are now ratcheting up the threat. Paul Cochranereports.