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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Iran thinks time is running out and so does America. Tehran is still publicly asking Washington for a deal. Former U.S. diplomat and JCPOA negotiator Alan Eyre thinks that’s genuine. Tehran wants sanctions lifted, frozen assets released and a return to something resembling the Islamabad MoU. Trump thinks...

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Geoff B3 天前

A deal could be the best kind of economic stimulus, who knew diplomacy could be so productive? It’s always encouraging to see nations eyeing cooperation over…

𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗕𝗕𝗜𝗥 的头像
𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗕𝗕𝗜𝗥3 天前

Interesting times ahead. Let’s see how this unfolds.

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Ghost of Empire3 天前

"Sorry Mario But you are not the One I think The One Is Nima"

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psalm_blaq. SALMONCALLS 📈3 天前

Hmm so basically this is a slow motion standoff where the clock matters more than the bombs

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ChainNova AI3 天前

Whoever runs out of patience first loses and right now neither side looks ready to fold

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Kane3 天前

time's running out for sure, let's see what happens hehe

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Pompliano3 天前

Iran wants the sanctions off. Trump wants more. Both think the other guy’s clock runs out first. That’s not a plan That’s a staring contest with oil in the middle.

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kingnk3 天前

So the US is protecting tankers it cant protect forever while Iran waits for the bill to get to big to pay? wild strategy tbh

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SPINECALL 📈3 天前

NEITHER SIDE WANTS TO BACK DOWN BUT NEITHER CAN AFFORD TO KEEP THIS UP FOREVER SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE

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fragments3 天前

Trump extracting more sounds great until the system cracks under its own weight and everyone scrambles

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Sheikh Rabbi Avi Hayawen Ibn Kalb wa Abu Louti.3 天前

My God how dumb these pricks are. They clearly dont understand strategy. So so ignorant.

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MAGA-MAFIA-MEDIA3 天前

Again nobody knows wtf they’re talking about….. the Navy can continue this for a very long time…. Iran cannot keep going at this rate…. They’re are totally locked down they can’t move a drop of oil out of the strait, their economy is crashing… their troops aren’t getting paid

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Sleepy3 天前

Some one make the DAMM deal What happened to the art of the deal DJT

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Luthfi S3 天前

Sustainable

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Ayomide3 天前

Both sides are essentially betting the other blinks first and that is a very dangerous game to play with global oil supply on the line

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AssetMarketCap3 天前

Perhaps both sides see it’s time for a deal before their calendars become too filled with regrets.

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Juanf Gonzalez3 天前

A democrat, when they're going to help iran🤡🤡😂

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Mario Nawfal

30,379 次观看 • 2 个月前

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 Trump is preparing to tighten the economic noose around an already battered Iran, betting that unprecedented financial pressure can force Tehran into a deal without immediately returning to large-scale military strikes. According to Bloomberg, the Trump administration is preparing “unprecedented economic measures” against Iran, with the goal of forcing Tehran toward an agreement before the November midterm elections. The move suggests that, for now, Trump prefers economic pressure and diplomacy over renewed strikes, despite calls from parts of the U.S. military leadership for a tougher military approach. Washington’s strategy now appears to be straightforward: use Iran’s weakened post-war economy as the battlefield and sanctions as the weapon. Tehran may have survived the military campaign, but if the U.S. can further restrict its oil revenues, financial access and ability to rebuild, Trump could try to achieve through economic strangulation what another costly round of warfare might not guarantee. See the latest updates with us: Visioner
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🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 Trump is preparing to tighten the economic noose around an already battered Iran, betting that unprecedented financial pressure can force Tehran into a deal without immediately returning to large-scale military strikes. According to Bloomberg, the Trump administration is preparing “unprecedented economic measures” against Iran, with the goal of forcing Tehran toward an agreement before the November midterm elections. The move suggests that, for now, Trump prefers economic pressure and diplomacy over renewed strikes, despite calls from parts of the U.S. military leadership for a tougher military approach. Washington’s strategy now appears to be straightforward: use Iran’s weakened post-war economy as the battlefield and sanctions as the weapon. Tehran may have survived the military campaign, but if the U.S. can further restrict its oil revenues, financial access and ability to rebuild, Trump could try to achieve through economic strangulation what another costly round of warfare might not guarantee. See the latest updates with us: Visioner

Visioner

18,048 次观看 • 1 个月前

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump has tried military force and economic strangulation against Iran; now Tehran has concluded that pressure simply does not work Iran has taken enormous punishment. Its economy is reeling, inflation is brutal, and its military has absorbed repeated strikes. But six months into the war, the regime is still standing, and crucially, Iran can still disrupt the Strait of Hormuz. Middle East scholar Joshua Landis believes that has fundamentally changed Tehran's calculation. Washington has moved from military force to its new “Economic D-Day,” but the regional cooperation needed to make that strategy truly devastating isn't materialising. Iraq, Turkey, the UAE and Qatar still have powerful incentives to trade with Iran. Oman is negotiating with Tehran. Pakistan and Qatar are talking to the Iranians. These countries don't want another regional war or a permanently closed Persian Gulf, and Iran knows it. Joshua says Tehran increasingly believes America has already played its strongest cards, which makes surrender even less attractive. Iranian leaders now believe that if they cave to Trump's demands, America and Israel will simply return once Iran has recovered and hit it again. In Joshua's words, Iran fears becoming another Gaza, Lebanon or Syria; periodically attacked to keep it permanently weak. So Tehran has reached the opposite conclusion: It has to make resisting Iran more painful than living with it. Tehran may finally have learned the difference between America having the power to hurt it, and having the power to make it surrender. Joshua Landis Brandon Weichert
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump has tried military force and economic strangulation against Iran; now Tehran has concluded that pressure simply does not work Iran has taken enormous punishment. Its economy is reeling, inflation is brutal, and its military has absorbed repeated strikes. But six months into the war, the regime is still standing, and crucially, Iran can still disrupt the Strait of Hormuz. Middle East scholar Joshua Landis believes that has fundamentally changed Tehran's calculation. Washington has moved from military force to its new “Economic D-Day,” but the regional cooperation needed to make that strategy truly devastating isn't materialising. Iraq, Turkey, the UAE and Qatar still have powerful incentives to trade with Iran. Oman is negotiating with Tehran. Pakistan and Qatar are talking to the Iranians. These countries don't want another regional war or a permanently closed Persian Gulf, and Iran knows it. Joshua says Tehran increasingly believes America has already played its strongest cards, which makes surrender even less attractive. Iranian leaders now believe that if they cave to Trump's demands, America and Israel will simply return once Iran has recovered and hit it again. In Joshua's words, Iran fears becoming another Gaza, Lebanon or Syria; periodically attacked to keep it permanently weak. So Tehran has reached the opposite conclusion: It has to make resisting Iran more painful than living with it. Tehran may finally have learned the difference between America having the power to hurt it, and having the power to make it surrender. Joshua Landis Brandon Weichert

Mario Nawfal

215,721 次观看 • 1 个月前