Economic coercion ousted Iran’s leader in the 1950s but won’t now

“Very little gets into, or out of, Iran!” President Donald Trump claimed on November 8, 2026, in a social media post that also lauded “history’s greatest Naval Blockade.” It followed the unveiling of Task Force Iron Gate – the Trump administration’s latest plan to isolate the Iranian economy in a bid to coerce the government […] The post Economic coercion ousted Iran’s leader in the 1950s but won’t now appeared first on Asia Times.

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