Iran: US relying on economic war now?

Český rozhlas comments:

“It’s almost as if Trump, who has no clue how to end the conflict with Iran, has retreated into a sort of parallel reality. In that reality, the United States supposedly has the situation in the Persian Gulf completely under control, so there is no need for further military attacks on Iran. All that is needed, according to Trump, is an economic blockade to force Iran to capitulate. … Although Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, speaks of imposing an unprecedented economic isolation on the country, Iran is able to withstand prolonged economic pressure. Totalitarian regimes have a different resilience threshold than democratic states.”