Twists and turns - Iran and sanctions

Tensions are rising with US military build-up in the Gulf, following the Iranian regime's latest crushing of popular protests, over escalating prices, the product of decades of toughening international sanctions. That economic hostility shows no sign of abating, reports Paul Cochrane, as the US and EU make further designations and the United Nations triggers the snap-back process over lack of access to the country's nuclear facilities.

Tensions are rising with US military build-up in the Gulf, following the Iranian regime's latest crushing of popular protests, over escalating prices, the product of decades of toughening international sanctions. That economic hostility shows no sign of abating, reports Paul Cochrane, as the US and EU make further designations and the United Nations triggers the snap-back process over lack of access to the country's nuclear facilities.