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Analysis-How Iran is widening its pressure campaign to force US concessions
Iran is using Middle East trade routes, shipping lanes, and energy infrastructure as pressure points to raise confrontation costs with the US without triggering full-scale war, according to Gulf officials and analysts. The strategy involves calibrated escalation to force US concessions by outlasting Washington.
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