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How Iran is widening its pressure campaign to force US concessions
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Iran is betting it can outlast Washington by turning the Middle East’s trade routes, shipping lanes and energy infrastructure into pressure points that steadily raise the cost of confrontation, Gulf officials and analysts said.
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Rather than seeking a decisive military victory, Tehran is pursuing a strategy of calibrated escalation aimed at widening the conflict without triggering full-scale war. Also Read: Iran war ushers in oil refining golden era. It won't last The goal, they say, is to convince the Un…
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