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GUEST: Nader Sadeghi, Board member of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran, and professor of surgery at George Washington University

Earlier this week we discussed the US’s proposed arms deal to several Gulf Arab nations. The plan was designed to hem in the Iranian regime. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice commented to the Washington Post, “There isn’t a doubt that Iran constitutes the single most important single-country strategic challenge to the United States and to the kind of the Middle East that we want to see.” The United Nations Security Council recently passed two resolutions imposing sanctions on Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment and abide by its nuclear treaty obligations. Meanwhile Iran, one of the world’s leading oil producing countries, has begun to ration gasoline. The announcement sparked angry reactions and massive traffic jams in Tehran. Protesters burned gas stations and set cars on fire. The rationing of gasoline adds to the economic woes already plaguing Iranians, including rising inflation and growing unemployment.

Special thanks to Nile El Wardani for help with this segment.