“Which government in West Asia is viewed by the US imperialist state as the principal bulwark against US-led western imperialism? The Islamic Republic of Iran. This is not a matter of opinion, but of geopolitical fact.
“The Iranian state itself frames sanctions as a failed US policy of ‘maximum pressure’ designed to dismantle the national economy, countered by a declared ‘strategy of active resistance,’ while denouncing US ‘economic terrorism’ and the accompanying ‘cognitive war’ waged by hostile media.” – Prof. Sarah Raymundo, UP Center for International Studies
