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Source: https://nypost.com/2026/05/01/opinion/heres-how-to-crush-tehran-in-three-moves/
Iranian Regime on a Trajectory for State Collapse
(New York Post) Richard Goldberg - The small group of Islamist regime loyalists now ruling Iran can't escape the reality of an American naval blockade pushing their economy off the cliff. Whether Iran's oil storage completely runs out in a day or a month, Iran is no longer exporting oil - the lifeblood of its economy - or petrochemicals, steel or any other product at a level needed to keep the government afloat, banks capitalized, and employees paid. The currency is in free fall, domestic prices are skyrocketing, reserves are being drained, and escape hatches - sanctions evasion routes the regime typically relies upon - are getting closed soon after they open. Every department and agency in the U.S. government has been directed to prioritize economic warfare against the Revolutionary Guard. The intelligence community is now laser focused on this objective in a way it hasn't been in years. Every bank account - and crypto wallet - where the regime has cash is being frozen. The writer, a senior advisor at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, was director for countering Iranian weapons of mass destruction for the National Security Council.