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Why Iran is unlikely to retaliate over new US sanctions

By Tom Rogan
Published September 21, 2020 6:50pm ET
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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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