Sanctions haven’t turned Iranians against the government – worse, failed Arab uprisings have turned them off dissent.
![Iranians walk on a street in the capital Tehran [Getty]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/5aa43e20004442f1ba1abec0aec76405_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Behzad Yaghmaian is an author and a professor of political economy at Ramapo College in New Jersey.
Sanctions haven’t turned Iranians against the government – worse, failed Arab uprisings have turned them off dissent.
![Iranians walk on a street in the capital Tehran [Getty]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/5aa43e20004442f1ba1abec0aec76405_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)