U.S. Congress Vows to Make Average Iranians Suffer

Sunday Express
October 4, 2009

Editor’s note: Once upon a time, embargoing a country was considered an act of war.

[efoods]The US Congress is poised to act swiftly on new penalties against Iran if international talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme show signs of faltering.

Politicians are this time talking about trying to block fuel and refined petroleum exports to the country, possibly causing serious disruption to the lives of ordinary Iranians.

“If we want to get their attention, we have to do something real: sanction Iran’s gasoline imports,” said Rep Ted Poe, a Texas Republican, in a House of Representatives speech.

“That’s where Mahmood Ahmadinejad is vulnerable.” he said, referring to Iran’s president.

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