(angus reid) - Most people in the United States think imposing financial penalties against Iran will prove ineffective in the long run, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 60 per cent of respondents say stiff economic sanctions are not likely to force Iran to disband its nuclear program.

After being branded as part of an "axis of evil" by U.S. president George W. Bush in January 2002, Iran has contended that its nuclear program aims to produce energy, not weapons. In June 2005, former Tehran mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won Iran’s presidential election in a run-off over Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani with 61.6 per cent of all cast ballots. Read More

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