ARTICLE: US ships cigarettes, bras, more to Iran, By SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press, Jul 8, 2008

Tells us three things: 1) anything can and is smuggled into Iran; 2) Iranians prefer American stuff (a passive protest is to be unduly attracted to stuff and sources that authorities decry); and 3) there is huge unmet middle class consumer demand in Iran.

As always, one of our dreams in rebuilding Iraq should be to increase this flow immeasurably, meaning Iraq is a key conduit for the soft kill.

(Thanks: greg)