Six months after American and Israeli airstrikes against Iran, the conflict has migrated from the battlefield into the ledger books and the language of ultimatums. Iran's top security official has warned neighboring nations that siding with Washington's economic campaign will be treated as an act of enmity, even as the Trump administration prepares a sweeping new sanctions package. The standoff illuminates an ancient dilemma: whether sustained economic pressure breaks a nation's will or hardens it into something more dangerous.
Iran warns neighbors against joining US economic war, threatens Gulf retaliation
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