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Iran endures 6 months of US strikes as Trump’s war goals hit ‘dangerous impasse’
Power & DiplomacySouth China Morning Post27 Aug, 06:15 pmAtlasHour
Power & Diplomacy

Iran endures 6 months of US strikes as Trump’s war goals hit ‘dangerous impasse’

The Iran war has reached its endgame: a costly stalemate. Six months after US and Israeli ⁠forces attacked Iran, killing its supreme leader and maiming his son and successor, the Iranian government is under economic siege, but it still holds power and believes it has time on its side. A threat by US President Donald Trump to impose crippling new sanctions on Iran faces a fundamental problem: Tehran is betting he will not take the final step to break the stalemate – aggressively enforcing...

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