S1/E39: Iran: Economic Failure, Introspection and Denial

Iran's Gambit

Iran’s national security strategy is evident. Lebanese Hezbollah, Tehran’s most prominent proxy, is in disarray, while the Assad regime in Syria, once a linchpin for the strategic overland corridor linking Iran to Lebanon via Iraq, is on the verge of either disintegration or defection from Iran’s camp. Today, rather than delving into real-time updates from Syria or elsewhere which other media do much better than yours truly, I will point at a few really simple economic factors driving the unraveling of Iran’s geopolitical strategy.