Iran Sends Israel a Message

Following the Iran–Iraq War, in 1989, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani concentrated on a pragmatic pro-business policy of rebuilding and strengthening the economy without making any dramatic break with the ideology of the revolution. In 1997, Rafsanjani was succeeded by moderate reformist Mohammad Khatami. Around this time, Washington began to squeeze Iran’s economy by sanctioning Iran. Russia stepped in and began […]