The US shift to economic pressure against Iran shows Washington failed to defeat Iran militarily.
Supports
“The Americans and the Israelis have realized that they cannot handle Iran … in the field of a hard military war, so they have entered into a cognitive war and an economic war”
NPR Trump declares an "economic D-Day" on Iran, and Bessent says the details come Monday ›
Others on this question
“They have no money. They have no navy. They have no air force. They’re not paying their soldiers. They’re not paying their police. They have 350% inflation.”