US economic D-Day sanctions: 'Repeated attacks of bombing across Iran failed to change the calculus'

The Trump administration is implementing a new sanctions strategy against Iran to gain economic leverage after military force failed to produce results, per France 24. Imran Bayoumi of the Atlantic Council suggests the plan's success depends on whether Washington can force China, Iran's primary oil customer, to comply. Iran has decades of experience managing sanctions and is currently threatening to escalate tensions in the region.

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