Iran: The Foreign Policy Puzzle That Keeps Defeating Washington
Iran: the foreign policy puzzle that keeps defeating Washington
Summary
RT's analysis argues that Iran has long represented an intractable foreign policy challenge for successive American administrations, trapping each president in an endless geopolitical crisis. Despite decades of sanctions, diplomacy and military pressure, Washington has repeatedly failed to fundamentally alter Tehran's strategic behaviour. The piece frames Iran as a structural problem embedded in US foreign policy that no single administration has been able to resolve.
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