For Iran, Hormuz Is More a Weakness Than a Weapon
How a U.S. Blockade Threatens the Regime’s Grip
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For Iran, Hormuz Is More a Weakness Than a Weapon
How a U.S. Blockade Threatens the Regime’s Grip
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Experts
Elaine K. Dezenski
CEFP Senior Director and Head
Richard Goldberg
Senior Advisor
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow
RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery
CCTI Senior Director and Senior Fellow
Leah Siskind
Director of Impact and AI Research Fellow
Andrea Stricker
Nonproliferation Program Deputy Director and Research Fellow
Daniel Swift
CEFP Senior Research Analyst
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