Foreign affairs: It’s the economy, mullah

Like China after Mao, post-sanctions Iran will ultimately confront an economically unaffordable revolution’s beneficiaries and mandarins.

French President Francois Hollande (L) welcomes his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani for a meeting during the 70th UN General Assembly on September 27, 2015, in New York

(photo credit: ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)

ByAMOTZ ASA-EL

JANUARY 30, 2016 01:23

Updated: JANUARY 30, 2016 01:22

Foreign affairs: It’s the economy, mullah

Like China after Mao, post-sanctions Iran will ultimately confront an economically unaffordable revolution’s beneficiaries and mandarins.

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