Presidential Election In Iran Will Bring The West Unpleasant Surprises – Russian Expert

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Activeness in the upcoming elections in Iran will be high, and the 2009 figure of 85%, will be beaten, known Russian expert Igor Pankratenko told 1news.az, commenting on the possible impact of the U.S. and the West on the elections in Iran. According to him, this high turnout will bring enough unpleasant surprises to the West.

"In my opinion, the West overestimated the impact of sanctions on Iranian society and underestimated the importance of the nuclear program for the Iranians. According to the concept of "authors", the sanctions would lead to the fact that the Iranian people will turn away from their leadership. Barack Obama talked a lot about his respect for the Iranian people and that the West wishes them well-being.

But no one has yet been able to explain why the sanctions against the regime in the first place hit the country's population.

In turn, international observers have noted that the sanctions in the first place, cause a "comprehensive, adverse effects on the living conditions of the population and the economy", in particular - rising unemployment, accelerating inflation, rising prices. Iranians see who the real culprit in deterioration of their well-being is.

They see and another thing - that the West does not respond to the peace initiatives of Iran, as it was in the last talks in Almaty, when Iran agreed on almost all the proposals of the "5 +1", said the analyst.

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1. The Russian "expert" is making unwarranted assumptions about the The West

He is assuming that The West wants improved relations with Iran, I think that's very dubious. The West (mostly the US) has been using Iran as a fearmongering tool since the late 70's and would be loath to give up such a useful implement for manipulating their own populations.