- Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi
- Paper No. 41
Sanctions against Iran focus on nuclear and ballistic missile technology, drawing a distinction between legitimate and illegitimate trade. But a closer look at Iranโs commercial practices proves that Iran is systematically abusing its access to Western technology. Technology it is acquiring for civilian projects or for legitimate policing
activities is being diverted in order to bolster Iranโs Revolutionary Guard Corps and its overwhelming economic role in Iran; and also for the development of Iranโs clandestine nuclear activities.