The failure of sanctions against Tehran

In an analysis of the 1403 presidential election, the American newspaper Wall Street Journal wrote: Iran, under the leadership of (Ayatollah Seyed) Ali Khamenei, has neutralized American pressure for decades, with The alignment with China and Russia has come out of years of isolation and has renounced association with the West. Oil sales to China and military cooperation with Russia have strengthened Iran financially and diplomatically.

Tehran has also been able to effectively exploit several decades of Washington’s mistakes in the West Asia and fluctuations in the policies of different American governments towards the region.

In the continuation of this report, with the claim that “Tehran is considered a threat to America’s allies and interests in the West Asia more than at any other time since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979”, it is stated that Iran’s military footprint is wider and deeper than before. and the pro-Iranian militias have targeted the Saudi oil facilities with missiles and paralyzed global shipping in the Red Sea. They have dominated the political arena of Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen and Syria, and Hamas’s attack on Israel has been the most destructive attacks of these groups against Tel Aviv in recent decades. In April, Iran launched a direct military attack on Israel for the first time.

The consequences of Iran’s military presence in the region, regardless of who wins in the second round of Iran’s elections or the US mid-November elections, will continue to be important issues.

This newspaper close to American conservatives continued: Iran’s growing power is a sign of the West’s failure. Since the presidency of Jimmy Carter, finding an effective strategy to contain Iran has been a fruitless path for foreign policy makers in the West. The tool of Western sanctions has no longer had an effect on Tehran’s international isolation, and according to analysts, this country has responded by deepening its relations with Russia and China, and as a result, diplomacy with Tehran has become more complicated.

For more than two decades, Western policy towards Iran has fluctuated. The policy of American presidents has changed many times between diplomacy and interaction on the one hand and resorting to force and isolation on the other hand. Iran has become a regional power while staying away from red lines that could cause direct military action by the US.