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It was NBC's turn to cover the pressure on Iran--although this time Andrea Mitchell filed a regular news report rather than a scoop. Tuesday, ABC's Exclusive by Brian Ross outlined non-lethal covert operations by the CIA against Iran. Wednesday, Sheila MacVicar had CBS' Exclusive on industrial sabotage of Iran's uranium enrichment equipment on the black market. Mitchell's coverage concerned the bite of economic sanctions on the Iranian economy: inflation is running at 30%; European businesses are diverting investment to Dubai and Singapore; gasoline prices have been raised by 25%. Mitchell even included this anecdotal soundbite from the proverbial Teheran taxi driver: "I cannot give atomic energy to my wife and kids."
Now the International Atomic Energy Agency has predicted that Iran may possess a nuclear weapon in three years, Mitchell outlined three more possible sanctions: a financial blacklist of banks owned by the state; a ban on travel visas for leaders of the government; an end to business credits for operations controled by the Revolutionary Guard.
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