Economic Pressure Fails to Sway Tehran

“The U.S. has unleashed more than 1,000 sanctions on Iran over the last 18 months as part of its wider campaign to squeeze Tehran into submission,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Iran’s ability to withstand those sanctions so far exposes a hard fact for Washington: Economic pressure has largely failed to cow rogue regimes, as they game out more ways to sidestep U.S. restrictions.”