Trump and his aides have designed new sanctions so they can claim a win. The sanctions could turn out to be a losing proposition instead — with no real benefits for U.S. policy and hidden costs that outweigh them, columnist DoyleMcManus writes.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard troops arrive for a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution in Tehran in February. Iran has been under U.S. sanctions for most of those 40 years. is already clear: They’re winning.
“There [are] no historical precedents for governments falling as a direct result of long-term sanctions pressure,” he wrote recently in Foreign Affairs. to freeze his nuclear program and meet twice with President Trump, although those talks have stalled.But that’s not what Trump has proposed for Iran. Instead, his administration has issued 12 demands, including stricter limits on nuclear research and missile development, withdrawal of forces from Syria, an end to support for pro-Iranian groups in other countries, a promise to cease anti-Israel rhetoric, and domestic political reforms.
History suggests cutting oil revenues won’t end Iran’s support for militant groups, however. Iran subsidized Hezbollah in Lebanon, sent armed militias into Iraq and supported Syrian President Bashar Assad despite tough international sanctions before the nuclear accord was signed in 2015.
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