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Ladane Nasseri

Patience, bluster or escalation: How Iran might respond to Trump

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates _ By ending waivers that allowed a handful of countries to continue importing oil from sanctioned Iran, the Trump administration hopes to force the Islamic Republic into submission by starving it of revenue. The U.S. wants to shrink Iran's military strength and its footprint in Middle East conflicts. But it has also condemned what it calls a self-serving clerical elite and denounced restrictions on ordinary Iranians. How could Tehran respond to the growing pressure?

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