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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
Iran'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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