With crucial congressional midterm elections approaching, the Trump administration has shifted its main effort against the Islamic Republic of Iran from kinetic military strikes to maximum economic pressure. But as Washington deploys secondary sanctions under “Operation Economic Outcast,” who has more holding power Tehran or Washington?
In this edition, host Jonathan Hessen is joined by an expert panel of intelligence and foreign policy analysts to deliberate whether economic pressure can force regime collapse, how Russia and China are aiding Iranian survival, and the ongoing threats to regional stability.
