Executive Summary BLUF: The United States’ maximum-pressure strategy continues to impose severe economic, financial, industrial and military costs on Iran, but it no longer provides a reliable mechanism for converting those costs into durable Iranian concessions. Iran’s projected 2026 GDP contraction of 5.4% and 68.9% inflation disprove the proposition that sanctions have become economically irrelevant. … Leggi tutto Maximum Pressure on Iran: Strategic Failure by Design