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Mehranrazy-Document-2020 Biting Sanctions: An Effective Strategy Against the Islamic Republic of Iran, or a Devastating Burden on Its Citizens The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Mehran Razy, Golafarin. 2020. Biting Sanctions: An Effective Strategy Against the Islamic Republic of Iran, or a Devastating Burden on Its Citizens. Master's thesis, Harvard Extension School. Citable link https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37365409 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA ! ! ! "#$#%&!'(%)$#*%+,!! -%!.//0)$#10!'$2($0&3!-&(#%+$!$40!5+6(7#)!809:;6#)!*/!52(%<!! *2!(!=01(+$($#%&!":2>0%!*%!52(%#(%!?#$#@0%+A! ! ! ! ! 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