Aug 16th, 2016

Iran Post-Sanctions: Oil Surges, People Still Suffer

It's been 13 months since Iran struck a nuclear deal with six global powers. Has it led to greater stabilization in the Middle East? Oil output is nearing pre-sanction levels, but Iran's President Hassan Rouhani is under a lot of pressure to improve the standard of living ahead of the May 2017 election. In an interview with Bloomberg TV Canada's Rudyard Griffiths, Stratfor analyst Emily Hawthorne explains why the economic benefits of the deal have yet to trickle down to average Iranians. (Source: Bloomberg)