{"id":150074,"date":"2026-08-26T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/26\/the-u-s-is-trying-to-strangle-irans-economy-heres-how-tehran-is-surviving-wsj\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T09:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:06:00","slug":"the-u-s-is-trying-to-strangle-irans-economy-heres-how-tehran-is-surviving-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/26\/the-u-s-is-trying-to-strangle-irans-economy-heres-how-tehran-is-surviving-wsj\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Is Trying to Strangle Iran\u2019s Economy. Here\u2019s How Tehran Is Surviving. &#8211; WSJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxQbmE4U1UyUHprQ283UWNqQWJDTmV3TGEta3Q3S3Q3YXc3anh2RUNNaFJKRUd2TmIyWE0xeldyaGRkUDM2VEFTcFpKNXBoSnFITUJHNjZNX2g4V2hmYW1GcFRpSkQybmx0V1dBTXBHM0xhcWhpMTQxaG00X2tYU0NiUGdfMmQ1azZZRkhqT0lLQVZxNmpLWmsyamliamlveXp2UWtERFVnUk52UGxQTFFGaDJReGV3OVNCeTA2dA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The U.S. Is Trying to Strangle Iran\u2019s Economy. Here\u2019s How Tehran Is Surviving.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxOWnhWaTlXZFNpNzZJQmtfZ29OM3gwbF9fdnN3V1ZZemlOLS1oelh6aklRQjQ2cm84ai1SbGF4SXhBejdlZ3RvUTdMTDkyQm5aYlJTSzRRTDZsemdnYmpvZ2Y2bDFzdm1FUXI0OHJ5Y2U4R0pCVlpnU3l1dnJKQm5oUXRLOHhDcU1nbkxiWDhtTWdmbHdncS1RTXVNM0RnRjJ0eGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Opinion | I was a U.S. diplomat for 20 years. Now I see how the Iran war could be won.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxOcHVLb2t6ZlZmZWdFZndfVk1ZVnQ5aERWZ19XZkVuSS1EZmlhb2hWYjJOQXFkUEJfZThMcEpHMW5CMnN0Zk5Xdnlza1gzRmQyTk5BZjRmTGhTT3VPM1FlUGZMQ09hV3RlaXFCelhzRE9uaHYwM1BZS1pSZzhtNjZnVklDYTNPMmZzQV9idTd0REFyRm5wbURJeUEteTB1bG1JX3NpV09DZW1tX0NvdWxfbmZldnhWbWNqbm5v?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The Morning Risk Report: Bessent\u2019s D-Day Unlikely to Be Game Changer<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxOVWxZbDJEYVBOR2kyNUFaWDRyTWFfOVdUbDljV1ZjUzFZQzJTUDNLU1dYZGJDR1Uwdk02ZThyZDhady1MS190Wk1EMW13Sm55bE15MmxFVkEtYVA2eGJIckpGaFBhX3h2Sk1CNkROR2YzSzNoajYxY1NJZUNpZHFuLWREU3ZRUklCczg0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. \u2018Economic D-Day\u2019 Targets More Than Just Iranian Oil<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxOXzNicy1XM1BQN1hMbnpRWlJTS0F2ZU1qczQ5dnVaMzF2aERydzc3SHJjRFpIcmZVTG8yalZHeEh5YUZkUVNKamxLZUk2SUJsVTRKRnNkOXJWWHFPMG9vaVQwS3VPV2xrWTVvRXdEQm5NRExJTHIwdVYzY2htTGV0ZGJtQ1A3clFBYW0tbFEtVVQ1LU5QQ3BZQTRHU1pUbTNZaUhVQlFieDdBTU5CSUdzQmxhUzlzUFBM0gG-AUFVX3lxTE5KN3BWWkFmTGpCUFE0VVpTZkg1VVNxdmY1VHFPRkNwellkUU1TTXBEMGJGajlTQnREMTdyUzFxb3l3eFFVdDZ0ZVdkVmtPTFhiTUtRUGtJWl9fYkV1RUNTNHo4b1FTXy1GQjBQdEpCYnVwY3owM05xNGFhSGtjYW9MajM0cmFHbVFWTUU4TnhBZkstTC0tS0VtRzFSaGh4TjR5QVpCcFdzS2djdldPN2N3Z1R4cjhraGZEaXB3ZGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">One US dollar now costs 2 million rials in Iran, and here\u2019s what it can buy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Al Jazeera<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Is Trying to Strangle Iran\u2019s Economy. Here\u2019s How Tehran Is Surviving.&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ Opinion | I was a U.S. diplomat for 20 years. Now I&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/26\/the-u-s-is-trying-to-strangle-irans-economy-heres-how-tehran-is-surviving-wsj\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}