Guest meself-

I do like your suggestion that Western powers try to "humiliate your foe by heaping an embarrassment of riches on him..."

What do we have to lose except for some cheap imported trinkets from China?

It would really be difficult for the hard liners in Iran to organize a protest march on our embassies because of that. Who knows, the leaders might even be amused and be provoked into sending out pastries to all of the above.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble