PNN – The editor-in-chief of Rai al-Youm Abdel Bari Atwan stated that just as Trump failed in a military conflict with Iran, he will also face defeat in an economic war.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network; Abdel Bari Atwan—editor-in-chief of the pan-Arab newspaper Rai al-Youm and a prominent Palestinian analyst—dedicated the latest editorial of this online publication to recent regional developments. He wrote: After eight months of failure on the fronts of the conflict with Iran—and following admissions by U.S. President Donald Trump and his running mate, J.D. Vance, that initiating this conflict contributed to the Republican Party’s defeat in the midterm elections and the loss of its majority in Congress—they still show no intention of learning from the very mistakes that have led them to this disastrous and humiliating outcome.
Atwan added: Let us elaborate further; one of the most prominent pieces of evidence supporting our assessments can be found in the remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a recent meeting with his G7 counterparts in Abu Dhabi.
The article continues: Marco Rubio stated that the U.S. administration has decided to persist with economic pressure—without setting a specific timeframe—aimed at “strangling” the Iranian regime. The strategy involves drying up the regime’s energy resources and revenue streams by curtailing Iranian oil exports, while simultaneously providing alternative oil supplies to key players such as China.
The editor-in-chief of the newspaper Rai Al-Youm emphasized that these remarks by Rubio demonstrate a profound lack of understanding regarding the realities of Iran, as well as the developments surrounding the conflict in which the United States became entangled—a conflict in which it failed to achieve any of its intended objectives. These objectives included toppling the Iranian government and replacing it with a regime loyal to the U.S. and Israel, dismantling Iran’s nuclear program, seizing its stockpiles of enriched uranium, and ensuring the complete and unconditional reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping.
According to this commentary, what the U.S. Secretary of State and his boss, Trump, fail to grasp is that Iran’s astute military and political management in this conflict against American and Israeli adversaries is precisely what led to their humiliating defeat in the recent elections, the rejection of the occupying Zionist regime and the Trump administration by the American public, and the subsequent entrapment of their own country in this bottomless quagmire of war.
Atwan continued: Naturally, Iran’s leadership—possessing brilliant minds—is fully aware of every American move, whether economic or military, and has devised effective alternatives to counter and neutralize them. It is clear that Iran will not sit idly by, nor will it allow the U.S. administration to resort to economic sanctions in an attempt to suffocate 95 million Iranians.
The article further emphasizes that, drawing on the experience of the past eight months of conflict, Iran has undoubtedly devised plans to counter this policy of strangulation—just as it previously thwarted U.S. military mobilization, including the deployment of aircraft carriers and warships intended to forcibly reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The author notes that Iran remains committed to its seven conditions, insisting on a positive response from the United States to each one, and shows no sign of backing down on any of them. Specifically, Iran maintains its stance that the naval blockade must be lifted, frozen financial assets must be released, all economic sanctions must be completely removed, and compensation must be provided for the financial losses the country has sustained as a result of this aggression.