HISTORY 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Central Bank Of The Islamic Republic Of Iran, Nuclear Weapon, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Nov. (cid:1006)(cid:1007) the us vs. ira(cid:374): nuclear issue a(cid:374)d. Economy: people are not buying things as frequently because they are uncertain of the future (possibility of war?, suppression of free speech. Economist fired by president for criticizing his economic policy. People are afraid to speak out against president (fear of persecution: ah(cid:373)adi(cid:374)ejad takes (cid:373)o(cid:374)ey fro(cid:373) ira(cid:374)"s oil sta(cid:271)ilizatio(cid:374) fu(cid:374)d a(cid:374)d spe(cid:374)ds it o(cid:374) infrastructure, subsidies to the people, new government jobs, pay raises. Some criticize that it will increase social stratification. Also, fear that poorer people will not be able to handle the economic stress of uncontrolled inflation. Iran threatens to block oil supply to us: us fears iran is building a nuclear bomb, un pressuring iran to stop making centrifuges and heavy water. 5 scientists building the bombs were killed. Iran thinks that israel and us are behind it.
