The Bitter Taste of Economic Warfare: Trump's Latest Gamble on Iran The latest salvo in the conflict between the United States and Iran has all the hallmarks of a desperate attempt to apply pressure.
Dubbed Operation Economic Outcast by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, this new approach aims to squeeze Tehran into submission.
However, it may ultimately have the opposite effect, driving Iran further into the arms of its adversaries and exacerbating the humanitarian crisis on the ground.