Starving Iran of oil revenue won’t topple the regime. It might just save it

Squeeze a regime's oil money long enough and you hand it the one thing it was missing: an enemy to blame everything on.

The Trump administration believes that by placing increasing pressure on Iran’s oil sector, it will enhance its leverage over Tehran. Since the ceasefire talks have come to a standstill, Washington states that it can continue its naval blockade indefinitely, thus worsening the economic situation of the Iranian regime. However, a decrease in oil revenues does […]

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