Pepe Escobar: Trump Made a Move on Iran’s General—Tehran Just Wiped Out His Entire Strategy
In this explosive interview, we uncover the US administration’s failed attempts to bribe Iranian leadership to fracture the government from within. With diplomatic backchannels firmly rejected, the US has shifted to a strategy of total economic and financial war against Iran. However, this "maximum pressure" campaign is failing. Iran is successfully bypassing sanctions by diversifying trade through overland corridors, the China-Iran railway, and Petro-Yuan transactions. We also discuss the US’s zero leverage over China, escalating chaos in West Asia, and how the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran…
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