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November 3, 2004
Do Sanctions Really Work?
Despite decades of trade sanctions against the island of Cuba designed to punish the government, Fidel Castro still dines like a king each-and-every night.
Now comes word that Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi is unable to publish her memoirs in America due to the U.S. embargo against Iran. She has filed suit against the U.S. in an attempt to get the book published:
She has completed a draft of the book in Farsi but needs the help of an agent and editor in America to translate and re-write the book for international readers, she said.
But Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) rules are blocking her from signing a contract with the Boston-based Strothman Agency, which wants to represent her and negotiate with publishers on her behalf.
Her book highlights, through first hand accounts, the brutality of the Iranian government. That makes this story all the more bizarre.
The embargo against Cuba has given Castro a scapegoat for the poverty he has wrought on the island, while the embargo against Iran is keeping a Nobel Peace Prize winner from exposing the governments gross violation of individual rights. Who's exactly supposed to be reviewing the efficacy of these laws?
Posted by Peter Mork at November 3, 2004 8:28 PM
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