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Why Economic Sanctions Against Iran Are Backfiring

How Sanctions Work argues the consequences of economic warfare don't always serve American interests.

Reason

Iran: West should ‘test the waters’ on nuclear deal with Pezeshkian in power, expert says

FRANCE 24 spoke to Vali Nasr, professor of international affairs and Middle East studies at John Hopkins University. Nasr explained how Iranian reformist Masoud Pezeshkian ended up winning the presidential election that followed the death of hardline president Ebraim Raissi. While Iran's accelerated uranium enrichment is condemned by Western powers,…

France 24

Will Iran’s foreign policy change under a new president?

The two candidates offer different approches, but whoever wins won’t be the sole decision-maker in Iran’s system.

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Sanctions Are for Losers

While sanctions fail to change Iran's policies, they inflict severe hardships on civilians and rally support for the regime.

Reason

Tightrope: Jordan’s balancing act between Iran and Israel

As regional tensions soar, the kingdom is contending with domestic as well as international pressures.

Al Jazeera

World waits anxiously for Iranian response to Israel’s killing of top general

As Tehran seizes a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, Israelis are tense, waiting for next step

The Guardian - UK

‘Disastrous’: Israel-Iran tensions test limits of US policy amid Gaza war

Biden’s ‘ironclad’ backing of Israel is coming into conflict with stated US goal of averting regional war, analysts say.

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Biden accused of betrayal of Khashoggi over push to deepen Saudi ties

Activists and Democrats condemn rapprochement – aimed at heading off China – with ‘autocratic, sociopathic government’

The Guardian - US

Biden trip promotes budding Arab-Israeli security ties

Once-unthinkable coordination between Israeli and Arab militaries is coming into greater focus as Joe Biden heads into his first Middle East trip as president

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