Prof. Fayezmanesh explores Israeli and US roots behind Iranian sanctions: US desire for total regional hegemony, Israel to annex the West Bank; the success of AIPAC in overcoming US corporate opposition to sanctions; of desire of Western oil companies to do business with Iran; of elevated gas prices US taxpayers have had to pay for Israeli-inspired US wars; of mistaken notion by Iranian âGreensâ that the US can help bring them democracy; of US shooting down of Iranian airliner while siding with Iraq in Iraq-Iran war.