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Strait History: Iran's Options   

The Antiwar.com - 06 July, 2012
Author: Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich

This George Santayana wisely said: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Oblivious to history and its lessons, the United States and its Western allies are repeating their actions from the 1950s by imposing an oil embargo on Iran. The U.S.-led alliance has forgotten the past.
 
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