But the the people they don't hurt are President Ahmadinejad and his conservative religious supporters, who find their position strengthened by foreign threats and who are largely immune to them.
He is so wrong. Fact is that if the Chinese decided to follow the US line, then sanctions would bit the Seyyeds. If you read more, you will see how writers like Mr Hamilton just use the situation in Iran to vet their anti-US anger to the world.
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