The best hope for Iran is more sanctions to topple the religious bigots in charge

NY Times:

Photographs: Stress and Hope In Tehran

As Iran and world powers including the United States try to reach a deal on nuclear controls in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, Iranians from all walks of life are watching and hoping for a new start.
If there were no sanctions the people of Iran would still live a miserable life because of the religious bigots who control their lives.  It is why so many of them have left and why those who stay are in many cases seeking escape through drugs.  But this regime is attempting to spread its brand of misery to other countries in the region and no one would expect them to not try to build nuclear weapons to terrorize others regardless of what is done in the negotiations.  Their leader's word is no good, yet Obama is trading the lifting of sanctions for a pocketful of mumbles.

I like the Iranians who have fled to the US.  I find them friendly and honest.  That is probably why they felt the had to leave the oppressive environment imposed by the religious bigots.

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