Trump’s economic isolation plan risks Iran strikes across Gulf
Experts say that if the new plan is actually effective, at some point, Iran will have no alternative but to lash out again.
President Donald Trump is banking on a new approach of sanctions, a naval blockade, and heightened economic pressure on Iran’s trading partners to achieve what military action alone has failed to do: compel Tehran to negotiate a deal on U.S. terms to end the conflict. However, this strategy faces a significant hurdle: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) may be too resilient to such pressure and capable of striking back.
A central component of the U.S. strategy will be unveiled by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday, who promises to detail a plan aimed at shifting the conflict from isolated skirmishes throughout the Middle East to a comprehensive economic blockade affecting countries from China and India to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
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