Sanctions on Iran are biting, but the goal is elusive

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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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DoyleMcManus Acquiit

DoyleMcManus A President hating, Socialist loving (paper?) is going to tell the White House how to run a successful economy?

DoyleMcManus Trump is just too stupid to win ... at anything.

DoyleMcManus So far every single theory the El Segundo Times has floated has been proven to be wrong. You have no credibility and should stop making these predictions.

DoyleMcManus Doyle. Take a break. You’ve been dead wrong about American politics for three years running. Do you have any ability for self reflection?

DoyleMcManus More liberal propaganda bs

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Oil prices fall as robust U.S. production counters OPEC’s constraint; Iran sanctions to kick inU.S. oil prices fell in Thursday action, as energy markets await potential next moves from OPEC as U.S. sanctions against Iran officially kick in and as a jump in domestic supplies, reflecting record U.S. crude production, continues to keep prices in check. Why is gas the highest since 2011 then Sanctions, sanctions that's all we do. What a load of BULLSHIT. $60 a barrel? We're up to our ears in the stuff. The United States of America has absolutely no reason to fear Iran or Venezuela. But we've got to keep the leaches pacified. Where ?
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