U.S. trade with Iran increases tenfold under Bush administration

U.S. trade with Iran increases tenfold under Bush administration

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Iran may be part of the “axis of evil,” but it is good enough to be able to buy increasing amounts of American products — including bull semen, brassieres and possibly even weapons — despite U.S. sanctions that have been in place for decades.

An analysis of seven years of U.S. trade statistics done by the Associated Press shows that exports from the United States to Iran grew more than tenfold during President George W. Bush's years in office, even as he accused the Mideast country of having nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists.

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I didn't realize that bull semen was such a hot commodity. This is news to me though, I didn't realize that the US even exported ANYTHING to Iran. Further, I did not realize that trade was actually expanding under the Bush Admin. Crazy...

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