The Economic War on Iran Is—and Isn’t—Working

Iran has stood up to two of the world’s most powerful militaries, held its position on the nuclear issue, and continued to back its Lebanese proxy. But if that represents a victory, it’s a Pyrrhic one when considered from an economic perspective.

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Israeli strategists admit that despite their best efforts, the Iranian government hasn’t been sufficiently weakened. “The state has been weakened but not enough,” said JINSA Distinguished Fellow Yaakov Amidror, a former national security advisor to Netanyahu. “End of the day, it’s not about weakening the state for the sake of weakening but for Iranians to topple the regime. That didn’t happen yet.”

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