← Atlas Theme · spans 1 topics

Maximum pressure on a cornered regime buys escalation, not surrender.

As its Hormuz chokehold slips and its fuel economy buckles, Iran answers with record tanker attacks and gun-supervised gas stations rather than capitulation.

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World & Geopolitics
Ships Now Sinking in Hormuz: Two Cargo Vessels Lost, 21 Hits This Month, Flows Below a Quarter of Pre-War

With its chokehold slipping and its economy squeezed, a cornered Iran answers with record tanker-attack rates rather than capitulation.

World & Geopolitics
Iran's Severe Fuel Crisis and Social Unrest Deepen Under US Naval Blockade

Maximum economic pressure produces price doubling and guns at gas stations rather than capitulation.