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Pretty good podcast 'Arm Controls Wonk' on the Saudi oil attacks and broader implications for the US/Iran/Saudi: https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1208107/an-iranian-missile-attack-on-saudi-arabia/
Most important part:
"I think the Iranians have escalation dominance."
"I think the Iranians are in a really strong position, and we would be better off if we recognised the leverage that they have and stopped just screaming 'maximum pressure'... The Saudis have to make peace with the Iranians, they just have to do it. They don't want to do it, but they are the weaker party."
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Iran reports first quarterly economic growth in a year
Authorities say Iran’s economic growth, without considering the sale of oil, was 0.4 percent in the first three months of the current Persian calendar year beginning in late March.
The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnasser Hemmati said on Thursday that growth recorded in the first quarter, compared to the similar period in 2018, was a first to come after months of depression that began following a decision by the United States last year to withdraw from an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program and impose sanctions on the country.
Reports suggest Iran has managed to offset the impacts of the American sanctions that were enacted in November and toughened in May.
National currency rial began to rise against foreign currencies in July after months of trading at historic lows while the CBI and Iran’s Statistical Center have reported improved economic indicators, including lower inflation and increased employment.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/09/19/606604/Iran-economic-growth-sanctions-Hemmati
Most important part:
"I think the Iranians have escalation dominance."
"I think the Iranians are in a really strong position, and we would be better off if we recognised the leverage that they have and stopped just screaming 'maximum pressure'... The Saudis have to make peace with the Iranians, they just have to do it. They don't want to do it, but they are the weaker party."
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Iran reports first quarterly economic growth in a year
Authorities say Iran’s economic growth, without considering the sale of oil, was 0.4 percent in the first three months of the current Persian calendar year beginning in late March.
The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnasser Hemmati said on Thursday that growth recorded in the first quarter, compared to the similar period in 2018, was a first to come after months of depression that began following a decision by the United States last year to withdraw from an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program and impose sanctions on the country.
Reports suggest Iran has managed to offset the impacts of the American sanctions that were enacted in November and toughened in May.
National currency rial began to rise against foreign currencies in July after months of trading at historic lows while the CBI and Iran’s Statistical Center have reported improved economic indicators, including lower inflation and increased employment.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/09/19/606604/Iran-economic-growth-sanctions-Hemmati