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WHERE IRAN GETS THE MUSCLE TO KEEP ON FIGHTING.

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      IRAQ; IRAN
    • Abstract:
      The article discuses the foreign assets of Iran that sustain its war against Iraq. The regime of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has the funds to pursue the Gulf War. Western estimates that Iran acquire a high of $10 billion in cash, plus $2 billion in gold. According to Alfred O. Munk, foreign affairs manager of Standard Oil Co., Iran has enough money to keep the war hot and it would take almost zero exports for a period of six to eight months before it suffer from a major deficit.