Why Iran is unlikely to retaliate over new US sanctions

By Tom Rogan

Published September 21, 2020 6:50pm ET

Why Iran is unlikely to retaliate over new US sanctions — In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a meeting with a group of Revolutionary Guards and their families, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. | (AP)

The Trump administration on Monday announced the re-imposition of all sanctions waived under the 2015 Iran JCPOA nuclear agreement. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says that this action will meet a “crushing response.”

But will Iran really retaliate?

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