He was denied access to his lawyer, Zeynab Taheri, before and during his trial. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action JCPOA , more commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, was a flawed agreement that proclaimed this goal but ultimately did not address the threats posed by the regime. The six-month wind down — wind downs are, by the way, pretty standard across sanctions programs. So this is not Iran-specific, but oftentimes when we either impose sanctions or reimpose sanctions, we provide a wind down to allow both U.
We want to focus the costs and the pain on the target. Iran sought to develop nuclear weapons and missile delivery systems. Iran hid a vast atomic archive from the world and from the IAEA — until today. April 18, Iranian people suffer as government spends on terrorism Virtual Embassy Iran Iranians are telling their government they need better economic opportunities and more responsive governance.
Instead of spurring economic growth, the Iranian government is exporting billions to support global terror. Trump, in consultation with his national security team, has approved a new strategy for Iran. It is the culmination of nine months of deliberation with Congress and our allies on how to best protect American security.
Meanwhile, the United States has lacked a comprehensive strategy to meet the multifaceted threat Iran poses. The goals President Trump presented in his speech today are a welcomed long overdue change.
Footer Disclaimer This is the official website of the U. Embassy in Tunisia. For when Tunisians rose up, everyone was caught napping: analysts, Middle East policy academics, western governments, traditional media and even the western public, comforted by the smell of Jasmine coming from this Mediterranean resort. This was a home grown movement whose intensity and speed surprised everyone. This same creative youth of the Tunisian revolution immediately rejected the colour-coding by changing the local song The smell of my country Is roses and jasmine It pleases the eye.
It burns the eye. As accounts of Ben Ali and his allies emerge, the stink of corruption mixed with the stench of death are released. During the past month, beauty was everywhere: flowers on friendly army tanks, candle vigils on the steps of the national theatre, phrases of freedom spelled out by university students using their bodies, songs of protest, acts of solidarity, women ululating in demonstration, poetry, rhyming slogans.
When I arrived in the town on the morning of January 23, exactly one month after leaving the place, it felt like landing in a liberated city: no policeman was in sight, images of Ben Ali and his purple—colored posters have vanished, acts of solidarity were visible and so was a look of subdued pride.
Family and friends have been describing the changes to me on skype and by phone, but reality was different. Kasserine is a city of global memories and local death. But, it was equally clearly, a victorious city. For in Kasserine, I sensed immense pride and exuberance even, of a victorious youth.
Since the beginning of , economic problems have come to a head in three very different states in the region: Saudi Arabia, Iran and Tunisia. As a result, unrest has developed with social and political consequences. Table 1 below provides an overview of economic conditions in the three countries. Iran is a large oil producer with a very large population. Its economy has been badly affected by sanctions, mismanagement and by large expenditures on the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, as well as the fall in oil prices since It has also provided support for the Hezbollah in Lebanon and for forces fighting in Yemen.
These allocations have become a major burden on the budget and Iranians have called for them to end. It has a mid-size population compared with the rest of the region and high levels of per capita income. One third of its population is made up of foreign workers. Although Saudi Arabia has large foreign currency and oil reserves, its economic wellbeing has been affected by the fall in oil prices, large subsidies and military spending at home and on the Yemen War. Tunisia has a relatively small economy and population as well as very small oil reserves and production.
Despite the differences, these three countries have one thing in common: very high levels of youth unemployment, especially among females. Iran and Tunisia have high overall levels of unemployment. They all have low scores on the ease of doing business index. Finally, they all face a water crisis. These factors are connected to the types of economic systems that prevail.
The events of the last month in all three countries were due to deteriorating economic conditions. The government reduced subsidies in order to cut waste and ease pressure on the budget. The arrests were ordered by an anti-corruption committee, headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Arabia must now cope with much lower oil revenues than it obtained before While the development of the non-oil sector is recognized as essential, oil remains the main source of finance for diversification programs.
Saudis, like other the citizens of other oil-rich Arab states in the Gulf, work mainly in the public sector while foreign workers dominate employment in the private sector. Given the fall in oil revenues, the public sector can no longer guarantee employment for the hundreds of thousands of young people coming entering the labor market.
As a result, their high unemployment threatens social and even political stability.
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