Is Iran The Next Ukraine?

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BY ANDREW K. DAVENPORT

With all eyes on the courageous protesters of Independence Square in Kiev, an interesting parallel with Iran simmers under the surface that you can bet is not lost on President Rouhani and Ayatollah Khamenei.

In a turn of events that seems unexpected only by the Obama Administration, the interim nuclear deal struck with Iran late last year has led to a cavalcade of the world’s most prominent engineering, telecommunications, energy and financial firms lining up to renew business relationships with their Iranian counterparts.  Treasury Under Secretary David Cohen and, more recently, Secretary Kerry have been given the near-impossible task of suppressing this enthusiasm, recently lecturing the markets that “Iran is not open for business.”

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