Iran's security chief has openly acknowledged the country's dire economic crisis

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A strike on the Riyadh airport in Saudi Arabia, allegedly by the Houthis, killed 12 people and injured hundreds

Attacks are increasing on the margins of the Middle East region, including in and around Qatar

A New York Times article reported on a "dire economic crisis" in Iran resulting from sanctions, including "Operation Economic Outcast."

Iran's oil minister resigned suddenly without providing a stated reason

The conflict with Iran was a strategy to break the old colonial powers of Europe, not primarily about Iran's nuclear capability

The Iran-US Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was designed to be broken, similar to the Minsk Accords

The Iran-US MOU offered reasonable conditions that the IRGC could not accept without losing its political authority in Iran

The currency of Iran was recently destroyed as a civilian-targeted action to facilitate regime change

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) directly ran 60% of the Iranian economy

The US Treasury also launched 'Operation Economic Outcast' as part of its campaign against Iran.

The US Treasury launched a campaign against the Iranian regime called 'Economic D-Day'.

The US sanctions against Iran target the sectors of digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping.

The US Treasury's sanctions against Iran include the threat of secondary sanctions for any institutions working with the country.

The U.S. Treasury Secretary is threatening an "economic D-Day" on Iran, including sanctions on entities doing business with the country

The US President stated an intention to turn the Strait of Hormuz into a US territory

Both the US and Iran assert they have control over the Strait of Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz has been in a stalemate for approximately six months

Decision-makers in Iran are divided into factions, including pragmatists and the more intransigent Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

Sanctions have enabled the IRGC to control the economy of Iraq

Elements of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have financially benefited from sanctions over the last three decades