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Trump's new Iranian oil sanctions may inflict pain at home without serving strategic objectives

  • Written by Gregory Brew, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University
Trump's new Iranian oil sanctions may inflict pain at home without serving strategic objectivesIran's OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, center.AP Photo/Anis Belghoul

The Trump administration has formally imposed new sanctions on Iran aimed at hindering Iran’s oil exports – a move that had been in the works for six months.

The U.S. government has also made a second, more surprising, announcement: It’s granting eight...

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