The Islamic Republic of Iran suffered a devastating blow in May, with the American blockade and sanctions biting deep into the regime’s bottom line. Iran exported zero crude oil in the month and only...
Iran is fighting a regional war, while the United States can focus only on one front at a time.
If America won’t finish the job in Iran, leaving the Gulf Arab states would turn a failure into a rout.
A few hopefully helpful notes on Iran’s “Islamic Revolutionaries”
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