Iran's Economy Could Withstand US Military Strike--RIA Novosti

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2//RIA Novosti (Russian News & Information Agency), Russia 15:19 11/04/2006

http://en.rian.ru/world/20060411/45557850.html



IRAN’S ECONOMY COULD WITHSTAND U.S. MILITARY STRIKE - EXPERT



TEHRAN, April 11 (RIA Novosti) - Any military strike by the United States against facilities that are part of Iran's controversial nuclear program would damage but not paralyze the Iranian economy, a Russian expert said Tuesday.


Radzhab Safarov, the director of the Center of Modern Iranian Studies in Moscow, said that if the U.S. launched strikes against more than 60 nuclear facilities in Iran, than about 12,000-15,000 workers would be killed and the economy would suffer large-scale damage.


"However, the Iranian economy would not be paralyzed and it would not result in a political crisis in the country," Safarov said. "On the contrary, Iranians would maximally consolidate around their political leaders, Iran would withdraw from all possible legal structures and start full-scale development of its nuclear program."


He said Iran would take counter measures in response, including suspension of oil exports.

"Iran's economy has a six months minimum stock and western economies could face great difficulties if not a single barrel of Iranian oil sold within this period," Safarov said.

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