Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 39

28-Sep-2009

Political Comment (28 September 2009)

Faced with Israeli opposition, President Barack Obama has watered down his demand for a freeze in settlement activity to a plea for "restraint." Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has indicated Moscow may be reconsidering its position on further sanctions against Iran. In Tehran, former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has swung firmly behind President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Iraq and Syria remain at...