WorldThe looming failure of Operation Economic Outcast

The article argues that Washington’s latest sanctions on Iran are unlikely to achieve their aims. Pakistan and China say they will not comply and will continue trading with Tehran. The campaign seeks to force Iran into submission through economic pressure, but could deepen the global oil-market stagflation shock and provoke Chinese restrictions on rare-earth exports.

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