Sanctions rattle Iran

From the Washington Times:

The unanimous passage of U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran in December has shaken the nation's public and ruling elite, prompting talk of a shake-up of top officials and fears of a U.S. attack. Even before the sanctions were approved, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been weakened by his inability to fulfill campaign promises to stem rising inflation and by doubts over the wisdom of his statements questioning the Holocaust and threatening Israel...

"There is a deep concern and uncertainty on behalf of the Iranian leaders about the consequences of the nuclear program of Ahmadinejad's administration," said Hossein Bastani, the former general secretary of the Association of Iranian Journalists. "In short ... the passage of such a resolution against the Islamic republic caught them by surprise."

I personally don't believe the president is planning attacks, other than on Iranians who are interfering in Iraq. Yet, all the hysteria coming from the MSM and the blogosphere appears to be enough to make the mullahs in Tehran nervous.