How to Stop Iran (Without Firing a Shot)

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Author(s)	Bret Stephens
Source	The Wall Street Journal
Date	May 16, 2006
URL	http://www.opinionjournal.com/wsj/?id=110008382
Quote	"Capital outflows from Iran surpassed the $200 billion mark in the past year alone. Much of that money has made its way to banks in the United Arab Emirates, many of which have correspondent banks in the U.S. "We are preventing financial transactions going to the Palestinian Authority because banks are scared they'll be hit by U.S. terrorism-financing laws," says a source who closely tracks the Iranian economy. "Why can't we do the same thing with Iran?""

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This item argues for the position Economic sanctions should be imposed on Iran on the topic Iranian nuclear crisis.