critical of this choice to cave in to pressures coming from the xenophobic part of the electorate. See Dan Geist and Ali Chenar, 'News: Efforts to Shield Essential Imports from Feeble Rial; "I Am Also an Afghan"', 3 April 2012 hnp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl ineitehranbureaw2012/04/news-e fforts-to-shield-essential